A Bradford Book imprint: 38 books
Brain and Culture: Neurobiology, Ideology, and Social Change
Neurobiology, Ideology, and Social Change
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2006
Integrating new research in neurobiology and psychology, an account of how the cultural environment shapes the brain and the implications for social theory of the decrease in neuroplasticity from childhood to adulthood.
Streetlights and Shadows
Searching for the Keys to Adaptive Decision Making
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2011
An expert explains how the conventional wisdom about decision making can get us into trouble—and why experience can't be replaced by rules, procedures, or analytical methods.
In making decisions, when should we go with our gut and when should we try to analyze every option? When should we...
The Bodhisattva's Brain: Buddhism Naturalized
Buddhism Naturalized
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2011
Can there be a Buddhism without karma, nirvana, and reincarnation that is compatible with the rest of knowledge?
The Mathematics of Marriage: Dynamic Nonlinear Models
Dynamic Nonlinear Models
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2005
A guide to the mathematical modeling of marriage.
Elbow Room
The Varieties of Free Will Worth Wanting
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2015
A landmark book in the debate over free will that makes the case for compatibilism.
In this landmark 1984 work on free will, Daniel Dennett makes a case for compatibilism. His aim, as he writes in the preface to this new edition, was a cleanup job, “saving everything that mattered about the...
by Colin Allen, Michael Hand
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2001
Logic Primer presents a rigorous introduction to natural deduction systems of sentential and first-order logic.
Logic Primer presents a rigorous introduction to natural deduction systems of sentential and first-order logic. The text is designed to foster the student-instructor relationship....
by Tiffany Field
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2003
An essay on the importance of touch to children's growth and development and to the physical and mental well-being of people of all ages.
The first sensory input in life comes from the sense of touch while a baby is still in the womb, and touch continues to be the primary means of learning...
by Don Ross, Jessica C Flack, Doug Erwin
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2013
Essays from a range of disciplinary perspectives show the central role that cooperation plays in structuring our world.
This collection reports on the latest research on an increasingly pivotal issue for evolutionary biology: cooperation. The chapters are written from a variety of disciplinary...
Evolution in Four Dimensions
Genetic, Epigenetic, Behavioral, and Symbolic Variation in the History of Life
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2014
A pioneering proposal for a pluralistic extension of evolutionary theory, now updated to reflect the most recent research.
This new edition of the widely read Evolution in Four Dimensions has been revised to reflect the spate of new discoveries in biology since the book was first published...
by Tiffany Field
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2014
Why we need a daily dose of touch: an investigation of the effects of touch on our physical and mental well-being.
Although the therapeutic benefits of touch have become increasingly clear, American society, claims Tiffany Field, is dangerously touch-deprived. Many schools have “no touch”...
by Tim Kasser
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2003
In The High Price of Materialism, Tim Kasser offers a scientific explanation of how our contemporary culture of consumerism and materialism affects our everyday happiness and psychological health. Other writers have shown that once we have sufficient food, shelter, and clothing, further material gains...
The New Science of the Mind
From Extended Mind to Embodied Phenomenology
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2010
An investigation into the conceptual foundations of a new way of thinking about the mind that does not locate all cognition "in the head."
There is a new way of thinking about the mind that does not locate mental processes exclusively "in the head." Some think that this expanded conception...
Working Minds
A Practitioner's Guide to Cognitive Task Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2006
How to collect data about cognitive processes and events, how to analyze CTA findings, and how to communicate them effectively: a handbook for managers, trainers, systems analysts, market researchers, health professionals, and others.
Cognitive Task Analysis (CTA) helps researchers understand...
Humanity's End
Why We Should Reject Radical Enhancement
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2010
An argument that achieving millennial life spans or monumental intellects will destroy values that give meaning to human lives.
Proposals to make us smarter than the greatest geniuses or to add thousands of years to our life spans seem fit only for the spam folder or trash can. And yet this...