Mit Press: 1072 books
by Joseph Keim Campbell, Michael O'Rourke, Matthew H. Slater
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2011
Reflections on the metaphysics and epistemology of classification from a distinguished group of philosophers.
by Richard Coyne
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2010
How pervasive digital devicessmartphones, iPods, GPS navigation systems, and their networkshelp us formulate a sense of place and refine social relationships.
The Consciousness Paradox
Consciousness, Concepts, and Higher-Order Thoughts
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2011
A defense of a version of the higher-order thought (HOT) theory of consciousness with special attention to such topics as concepts and animal consciousness.
Consciousness is arguably the most important area within contemporary philosophy of mind and perhaps the most puzzling aspect of the world....
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.
by Zoltan Torey
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2009
An interdisciplinary examination of the evolutionary breakthroughs that rendered the brain accessible to itself.
The Really Hard Problem: Meaning in a Material World
Meaning in a Material World
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2007
A noted philosopher proposes a naturalistic (rather than supernaturalistic) way to solve the "really hard problem": how to live a life that really matterseven as a finite material being living in a material world.
by Thomas J. Anastasio, Kristen Ann Ehrenberger, Patrick Watson
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2012
An argument that individuals and collectives form memories by analogous processes and a case study of collective retrograde amnesia.
by Kenneth Hugdahl, René Westerhausen
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2010
State-of-the-art research on brain asymmetry, explained from molecular to clinical levels.
by Takhteyev, Yuri
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2012
An examination of software practice in Brazil that reveals both the globalization and the localization of software development.
by Brian Fitzgerald, Jay P. Kesan, Barbara Russo
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2011
A rich case-study analysis of open source software adoption by public organizations in different countries and settings.
by Paul R. Josephson
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2010
The life and work of a leading Soviet physicist and an exploration of the strengths and weaknesses of Soviet science from Stalin through Gorbachev.
by Rich Ling
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2008
How cell phones and mobile communication may in many cases strengthen social cohesion.
by Frank A. Sloan, Jan Ostermann, Christopher Conover
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2007
Quantification of the costs of smoking for the individual smoker and of the costs imposed on family and society.
From Molecule to Metaphor
A Neural Theory of Language
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2008
In From Molecule to Metaphor, Jerome Feldman proposes a theory of language and thought that treats language not as an abstract symbol system but as a human biological ability that can be studied as a function of the brain, as vision and motor control are studied. This theory, he writes, is a "bridging...