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  • Modelling Evolution

    by Walter Veit ...
    Series series Elements in the Philosophy of Biology
    This Element discusses the central role of models within evolutionary biology, offering an accessible introduction and synthesis of literature in both evolutionary biology and the philosophy of models. We will examine three questions: first, what does it mean to be a 'model' and to engage in 'modelling'? Second, what types of models are employed within evolutionary biology? Third, how can models ... Read more

    $20.49 USD

  • What Are Zoos For?

    by Heather Browning, Walter Veit ...
    Series series What Is It For?
    Are zoos an anachronism in the 21st century when we can watch animals in their natural habitat, close-up from our couches without worrying about cruelty? Should they go the way of other bygone era ‘spectacles’ and ‘attractions’ that we now regard as barbaric? There are vocal campaigners and activists who believe so.Heather Browning and Walter Veit disagree, but they acknowledge there is a case to ... Read more

    $14.29 USD

  • A Philosophy for the Science of Animal Consciousness

    by Walter Veit ...
    This book attempts to advance Donald Griffin's vision of the "final, crowning chapter of the Darwinian revolution" by developing a philosophy for the science of animal consciousness. It advocates a Darwinian bottom-up approach that treats consciousness as a complex, evolved, and multidimensional phenomenon in nature rather than a mysterious all-or-nothing property immune to the tools of science ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

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  • The Extended Mind

    The Emergence of Language, the Human Mind, and Culture

    by Robert K. Logan ...
    The ability to communicate through language is such a fundamental part of human existence that we often take it for granted, rarely considering how sophisticated the process is by which we understand and make ourselves understood. In The Extended Mind, acclaimed author Robert K. Logan examines the origin, emergence, and co-evolution of language, the human mind, and culture.Building on his previous ... Read more

    $34.59 USD

  • The Machines of Evolution and the Scope of Meaning

    by Gary Tomlinson ...
    A groundbreaking account of the origin and place of meaning in the earthly biosphereWhat is meaning? How does it arise? Where is it found in the world? In recent years, philosophers and scientists have answered these questions in different ways. Some see meaning as a uniquely human achievement, others extend it to trees, microbes, and even to the bonding of DNA and RNA molecules. In this ... Read more

    $23.09 USD

  • This Idea Must Die

    Scientific Theories That Are Blocking Progress

    by John Brockman ...
    Series Book 17 - Edge Question Series
    The bestselling editor of This Explains Everything brings together 175 of the world’s most brilliant minds to tackle Edge.org’s 2014 question: What scientific idea has become a relic blocking human progress?Each year, John Brockman, publisher of Edge.org—”The world’s smartest website” (The Guardian)—challenges some of the world’s greatest scientists, artists, and philosophers to answer a ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • Why Dogs Hump and Bees Get Depressed

    The Fascinating Science of Animal Intelligence, Emotions, Friendship, and Conservation

    by Marc Bekoff ...
    In 2009, Marc Bekoff was asked to write on animal emotions for Psychology Today. Some 500 popular, jargon-free essays later, the field of anthrozoology — the study of human-animal relationships — has grown exponentially, as have scientific data showing how smart and emotional nonhuman animals are. Here Bekoff offers selected essays that showcase the fascinating cognitive abilities of other animals ... Read more

    $10.69 USD

  • Radical Embodied Cognitive Science

    by Anthony Chemero ...
    A proposal for a new way to do cognitive science argues that cognition should be described in terms of agent-environment dynamics rather than computation and representation.While philosophers of mind have been arguing over the status of mental representations in cognitive science, cognitive scientists have been quietly engaged in studying perception, action, and cognition without explaining them ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Language, Cognition, and Human Nature

    Selected Articles

    by Steven Pinker ...
    Language, Cognition, and Human Nature collects together for the first time much of Steven Pinker's most influential scholarly work on language and cognition. Pinker's seminal research explores the workings of language and its connections to cognition, perception, social relationships, child development, human evolution, and theories of human nature. This eclectic collection spans Pinker's thirty ... Read more

    $21.89 USD

  • Forests

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Jaboury Ghazoul ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Since the dawn of human civilization, forests have provided us with food, resources, and energy. The history of human development is also one of forest loss and transformation, and yet even in our increasingly urbanized societies we remain surprisingly dependent on forests for a wide range of goods and services. Moreover, forests still retain a remarkable hold on our environmental values. In an ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • The Symbolic Species: The Co-evolution of Language and the Brain

    by Terrence W. Deacon ...
    "A work of enormous breadth, likely to pleasantly surprise both general readers and experts."—New York Times Book ReviewThis revolutionary book provides fresh answers to long-standing questions of human origins and consciousness. Drawing on his breakthrough research in comparative neuroscience, Terrence Deacon offers a wealth of insights into the significance of symbolic thinking: from the co ... Read more

    $22.29 USD

  • Cultural Evolution

    How Darwinian Theory Can Explain Human Culture & Synthesize the Social Sciences

    by Alex Mesoudi ...
    Charles Darwin changed the course of scientific thinking by showing how evolution accounts for the stunning diversity and biological complexity of life on earth. Recently, there has also been increased interest in the social sciences in how Darwinian theory can explain human culture.Covering a wide range of topics, including fads, public policy, the spread of religion, and herd behavior in markets ... Read more

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