The Mit Press: 939 books
The Encultured Brain
An Introduction to Neuroanthropology
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2012
Basic concepts and case studies from an emerging field that investigates human capacities and pathologies at the intersection of brain and culture.
The brain and the nervous system are our most cultural organs. Our nervous system is especially immature at birth, our brain disproportionately...
Polyphonic Minds
Music of the Hemispheres
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2017
An exploration of polyphony and the perspective it offers on our own polyphonic brains.
Polyphony—the interweaving of simultaneous sounds—is a crucial aspect of music that has deep implications for how we understand the mind. In Polyphonic Minds, Peter Pesic examines the history and significance...
The Radical Fool of Capitalism
On Jeremy Bentham, the Panopticon, and the Auto-Icon
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2018
A fresh interpretation of Jeremy Bentham, finding that his “radical foolery” embodied a social ethics that was revolutionary for its time.
Jeremy Bentham (1748–1832) is best remembered today as the founder of utilitarianism (a philosophy infamously abused by the Victorians) and the conceiver...
by D. A. Masolo, Clapperton Chakanetsa Mavhunga, Shadreck Chirikure
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2017
Explorations of science, technology, and innovation in Africa not as the product of “technology transfer” from elsewhere but as the working of African knowledge.
In the STI literature, Africa has often been regarded as a recipient of science, technology, and innovation rather than a maker...
Distributed Algorithms
An Intuitive Approach
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2013
A comprehensive guide to distributed algorithms that emphasizes examples and exercises rather than mathematical argumentation.
This book offers students and researchers a guide to distributed algorithms that emphasizes examples and exercises rather than the intricacies of mathematical models....
The Embodied Mind
Cognitive Science and Human Experience
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2017
A new edition of a classic work that originated the “embodied cognition” movement and was one of the first to link science and Buddhist practices.
This classic book, first published in 1991, was one of the first to propose the “embodied cognition” approach in cognitive science. It pioneered...
Rational Action
The Sciences of Policy in Britain and America, 1940-1960
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2015
The evolution of a set of fields—including operations research and systems analysis—intended to improve policymaking and explore the nature of rational decision-making.
During World War II, the Allied military forces faced severe problems integrating equipment, tactics, and logistics into...
Thieves of Virtue
When Bioethics Stole Medicine
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2012
An argument against the “lifeboat ethic” of contemporary bioethics that views medicine as a commodity rather than a tradition of care and caring.
Bioethics emerged in the 1960s from a conviction that physicians and researchers needed the guidance of philosophers in handling the issues raised...
Drone
Remote Control Warfare
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2016
Drone warfare described from the perspectives of drone operators, victims of drone attacks, anti-drone activists, international law, military thinkers, and others.
**"[A] thoughtful examination of the dilemmas this new weapon poses."
—**Foreign Affairs
Drones are changing the conduct...
by Bruce N. Waller
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2011
A vigorous attack on moral responsibility in all its forms argues that the abolition of moral responsibility will be liberating and beneficial.
In Against Moral Responsibility, Bruce Waller launches a spirited attack on a system that is profoundly entrenched in our society and its institutions,...
Raised to Rage
The Politics of Anger and the Roots of Authoritarianism
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2016
An argument that voter anger and authoritarian political attitudes can be traced to the displacement of anger, fear, and helplessness.
Politicians routinely amplify and misdirect voters' anger and resentment to win their support. Opportunistic candidates encourage supporters to direct their...
Human Dignity, Human Rights, and Responsibility
The New Language of Global Bioethics and Biolaw
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2012
A novel and multidisciplinary exposition and theorization of human dignity and rights, brought to bear on current issues in bioethics and biolaw.
“Human dignity” has been enshrined in international agreements and national constitutions as a fundamental human right. The World Medical Association...
The Smart Enough City
Putting Technology in Its Place to Reclaim Our Urban Future
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2019
Why technology is not an end in itself, and how cities can be “smart enough,” using technology to promote democracy and equity.
Smart cities, where technology is used to solve every problem, are hailed as futuristic urban utopias. We are promised that apps, algorithms, and artificial intelligence...
by James R. Griesemer, Joan Roughgarden, Ofer Feinerman
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2018
Broad perspective on collectivity in the life sciences, from microorganisms to human consensus, and the theoretical and empirical opportunities and challenges.
Many researchers and scholars in the life sciences have become increasingly critical of the traditional methodological focus on the...