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  • Neuroscience and Philosophy

    Brain, Mind, and Language

    by Maxwell Bennett, Daniel Dennett, Peter Hacker, John Searle ...
    In Neuroscience and Philosophy three prominent philosophers and a leading neuroscientist clash over the conceptual presuppositions of cognitive neuroscience. The book begins with an excerpt from Maxwell Bennett and Peter Hacker's Philosophical Foundations of Neuroscience (Blackwell, 2003), which questions the conceptual commitments of cognitive neuroscientists. Their position is then criticized by ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • Consciousness and Mental Life

    by Daniel N. Robinson ...
    In recent decades, issues that reside at the center of philosophical and psychological inquiry have been absorbed into a scientific framework variously identified as "brain science," "cognitive science," and "cognitive neuroscience." Scholars have heralded this development as revolutionary, but a revolution implies an existing method has been overturned in favor of something new. What long-held ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Scientism: The New Orthodoxy

    Edited by Dr. Richard N. Williams, Professor Daniel N. Robinson ...
    Scientism: The New Orthodoxy is a comprehensive philosophical overview of the question of scientism, discussing the role and place of science in the humanities, religion, and the social sciences.Clarifying and defining the key terms in play in discussions of scientism, this collection identifies the dimensions that differentiate science from scientism. Leading scholars appraise the means available ... Read more

    $42.89 USD

  • Religious Liberty

    Essays on First Amendment Law

    Edited by Daniel N. Robinson, Richard N. Williams ...
    The principal aim of the establishment and free exercise clauses of the First Amendment was to preclude congressional imposition of a national church. A balance was sought between states' rights and the rights of individuals to exercise their religious conscience. While the founding fathers were debating such issues, the potential for serious conflict was confined chiefly to variations among the ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

  • The American Founding

    Its Intellectual and Moral Framework

    Edited by Professor Daniel N. Robinson, Dr. Richard N. Williams ...
    America's Founding Fathers shared similar beliefs on the nature of civic life and the character of those supposed to be able to self-govern. Although they studied the failed republics of the ancient world, they believed that classical ideals were still applicable to politics.This unique contribution to the literature on American Founding gathers leading thinkers who set out not to relate its ... Read more

    $33.19 USD

  • Praise and Blame

    Moral Realism and Its Applications

    by Daniel N. Robinson ...
    Series series New Forum Books
    How should a prize be awarded after a horse race? Should it go to the best rider, the best person, or the one who finishes first? To what extent are bystanders blameworthy when they do nothing to prevent harm? Are there any objective standards of moral responsibility with which to address such perennial questions? In this fluidly written and lively book, Daniel Robinson takes on the prodigious ... Read more

    $66.29 USD

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  • The Extended Phenotype: The Long Reach of the Gene

    The Long Reach of the Gene

    by Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett ...
    Series series Oxford Landmark Science
    By the best selling author of The Selfish Gene 'This entertaining and thought-provoking book is an excellent illustration of why the study of evolution is in such an exciting ferment these days.' Science 'The Extended Phenotype is a sequel to The Selfish Gene . . . he writes so clearly it could be understood by anyone prepared to make the effort' John Maynard Smith, London Review of Books 'Dawkins ... Read more

    $13.29 USD

  • Connectome

    How the Brain's Wiring Makes Us Who We Are

    by Sebastian Seung ...
    “Accessible, witty . . . an important new researcher, philosopher and popularizer of brain science . . . on par with cosmology’s Brian Greene and the late Carl Sagan” (The Plain Dealer).One of the Wall Street Journal’s 10 Best Nonfiction Books of the Year and a Publishers Weekly “Top Ten in Science” TitleEvery person is unique, but science has struggled to pinpoint where, precisely, that ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Mind & The Brain

    Neuroplasticity and the Power of Mental Force

    by Sharon Begley, Jeffrey M. Schwartz ...
    A "fascinating" and groundbreaking work of science that demonstrates the possibilities for human control over the workings of the brain ( Cleveland Plain Dealer).Conventional science has long held that "the mind" is an illusion, a mere side effect of electrochemical activity in the physical brain. The Mind & The Brain argues exactly the opposite: that the mind has a life of its own. Dr. Schwartz, ... Read more

    $17.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Intuition Pumps And Other Tools for Thinking

    by Daniel C. Dennett ...
    One of the world’s leading philosophers offers aspiring thinkers his personal trove of mind-stretching thought experiments.Over a storied career, Daniel C. Dennett has engaged questions about science and the workings of the mind. His answers have combined rigorous argument with strong empirical grounding. And a lot of fun.Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking offers seventy-seven of Dennett ... Read more

    $15.09 USD

  • Buddha's Brain

    The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom

    by Rick Hanson, PhD, Jack Kornfield, PhD ...
    Change your brain, change your life with this essential classic from New York Times bestselling author, Rick Hanson—now celebrating 15 years in print with more than 500,000 copies sold!Great teachers like the Buddha, Jesus, Moses, Mohammed, and Gandhi were all born with brains built essentially like anyone else’s—and then they changed their brains in ways that changed the world. Neuroscience now ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • The Practicing Mind

    Developing Focus and Discipline in Your Life ? Master Any Skill or Challenge by Learning to Love the Process

    by Thomas M. Sterner ...
    Early life is all about trial-and-error practice. If wed given up in the face of failure, repetition, and difficulty, wed never have learned to walk, tie our shoes, or ride a bike. So why, as adults, do we often throw in the towel when at first we dont succeed? Modern lifes technological speed, habitual multitasking, and promises of instant gratification dont help. But in his study of how we learn ... Read more

    $10.69 USD