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  • The Englishman

    Memoirs of a Psychobiologist

    by John Staddon ...
    The Englishman: Memoirs of a Psychobiologist by John Staddon is a reflective and often witty autobiography that traces the author' s unconventional journey from wartime London to academic life in the United States. The early chapters recount his childhood adventures, including quirky schooldays and a stint in colonial Africa, all of which shaped his worldview. The memoir then shifts focus to his ... Read more

    $11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Science in an Age of Unreason

    by John Staddon ...
    Science is undergoing an identity crisis! A renown psychologist and biologist diagnoses our age of wishful, magical thinking and blasts out a clarion call for a return to reason and the search for objective knowledge and truth. Fans of Matt Ridley and Nicholas Wade will adore this trenchant meditation and call to action.Science is in trouble. Real questions in desperate need of answers—especially ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Scientific Method

    How Science Works, Fails to Work, and Pretends to Work

    by John Staddon ...
    This expanded second edition of Scientific Method shows how science works, fails to work or pretends to work by looking at examples from physics, biomedicine, psychology, sociology and economics.Scientific Method aims to help curious readers understand the idea of science, not by learning a list of techniques but through examples both historical and contemporary. Staddon affirms that if the reader ... Read more

    $45.99 USD

  • The New Behaviorism

    Foundations of Behavioral Science

    by John Staddon ...
    This ground-breaking book presents a brief history of behaviorism, along with a critical analysis of radical behaviorism, its philosophy and its applications to social issues.This third edition is much expanded and includes a new chapter on experimental method as well as longer sections on the philosophy of behaviorism. It offers experimental and theoretical examples of a new approach to ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • Neural Network Models of Conditioning and Action

    Edited by Michael L. Commons, Stephen Grossberg, John Staddon ...
    Series series Psychology Library Editions: Cognitive Science
    Originally published in 1991, this title was the result of a symposium held at Harvard University. It presents some of the exciting interdisciplinary developments of the time that clarify how animals and people learn to behave adaptively in a rapidly changing environment. The contributors focus on aspects of how recognition learning, reinforcement learning, and motor learning interact to generate ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • The Malign Hand of the Markets: The Insidious Forces on Wall Street that are Destroying Financial Markets – and What We Can Do About it

    by John Staddon ...
    WHAT’S THE MATTER WITH WALL STREET?And How Do We Fix It?Even after the global financial meltdown of 2008, economists have clung to Adam Smith’s “Invisible Hand” theory of an always selfregulating market that benefits private and public interests alike. But Duke University professor John Staddon is here to tell that there’s also another, darker force at work on Wall Street—a “Malign Hand” that ... Read more

    $25.29 USD

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    Science in an Age of Unreason

    by John Staddon ...
    Narrated by Ralph Lister ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 2 min

    Science is undergoing an identity crisis! A renowned psychologist and biologist diagnoses our age of wishful, magical thinking and blasts out a clarion call for a return to reason and the search for objective knowledge and truth. Fans of Matt Ridley and Nicholas Wade will adore this trenchant meditation and call to action.Science is in trouble. Real questions in desperate need of answers ... Read more

    $16.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    The Parasitic Mind

    How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense

    by Gad Saad ...
    Narrated by Jim Meskimen ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 37 min

    “Read this book, strengthen your resolve, and help us all return to reason.” —JORDAN PETERSONThere’s a war against truth … and if we don’t win it, intellectual freedom will be a casualty.The West’s commitment to freedom, reason, and true liberalism have become endangered by a series of viral forces in our society today. Renowned host of the popular YouTube show The Saad Truth, Dr. Gad Saad exposes ... Read more

    $16.95 USD

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  • Enlightenment Now

    The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress

    by Steven Pinker ...
    INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2018ONE OF THE ECONOMIST'S BOOKS OF THE YEARIf you think the world is coming to an end, think again: people are living longer, healthier, freer, and happier lives, and while our problems are formidable, the solutions lie in the Enlightenment ideal of using reason and science. By the author of the new book, Rationality.Is the w... ... Read more

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  • Conceptual and Historical Issues in Psychology

    by Marc Brysbaert, Kathy Rastle ...
    Engage with key historical and conceptual issues in psychology Historical and Conceptual Issues in Psychology, 3rd Edition, by Brysbaert & Rastle offers a unique and engaging introduction to key historical and conceptual issues in psychology. The text draws on a broad range of issues and themes, both contemporary and historical, helping you understand the philosophical context from which ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

  • What the Face Reveals

    Basic and Applied Studies of Spontaneous Expression Using the Facial Action Coding System (FACS)

    Edited by Paul Ekman, Erika L. Rosenberg ...
    While we have known for centuries that facial expressions can reveal what people are thinking and feeling, it is only recently that the face has been studied scientifically for what it can tell us about internal states, social behavior, and psychopathology. Today's widely available, sophisticated measuring systems have allowed us to conduct a wealth of new research on facial behavior that has ... Read more

    $83.69 USD

  • The Brain and the Meaning of Life

    by Paul Thagard ...
    How brain science answers the most intriguing questions about the meaning of lifeWhy is life worth living? What makes actions right or wrong? What is reality and how do we know it? The Brain and the Meaning of Life draws on research in philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience to answer some of the most pressing questions about life's nature and value. Paul Thagard argues that evidence requires the ... Read more

    $20.99 USD