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Showing 1 - 12 of 15 results for “peter carruthers”
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  • Innateness in Mind

    by Peter Carruthers ...
    Series series Elements in Philosophy of Mind
    This Element focuses on contemporary forms of nativism (belief in innateness), which mostly concern the existence of domain-specific learning mechanisms with innate structure and content. After sketching some innate capacities that are widely believed to be shared with other animals, the Element thereafter discusses a number of (alleged) distinctively-human ones. One concerns a faculty of language ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • Human Motives

    Hedonism, Altruism, and the Science of Affect

    by Peter Carruthers ...
    Motivational hedonism (often called "psychological hedonism") claims that everything we do is done in pursuit of pleasure (in the widest sense) and to avoid pain and displeasure (again, in the widest sense). Although perennially attractive, many philosophers and experimental psychologists have claimed to refute it. Human Motives shows how decision-science and the recent science of affect can be ... Read more

    $34.19 USD

  • Human and Animal Minds

    The Consciousness Questions Laid to Rest

    by Peter Carruthers ...
    The continuities between human and animal minds are increasingly well understood. This has led many people to make claims about consciousness in animals, which has often been taken to be crucial for their moral standing. Peter Carruthers argues compellingly that there is no fact of the matter to be discovered, and that the question of animal consciousness is of no scientific or ethical ... Read more

    $18.09 USD

  • Explaining our Actions

    A Critique of Common-Sense Theorizing

    by Peter Carruthers ...
    We often explain our actions and those of others using a commonsense framework of perceptions, beliefs, desires, emotions, decisions, and intentions. In his thoughtful new book, Peter Carruthers scrutinizes this everyday explanation for our actions, while also examining the explanatory framework through the lens of cutting-edge cognitive science. He shows that the 'standard model' of belief–desire ... Read more

    $32.79 USD

  • The Centered Mind

    What the Science of Working Memory Shows Us About the Nature of Human Thought

    by Peter Carruthers ...
    The Centered Mind offers a new view of the nature and causal determinants of both reflective thinking and, more generally, the stream of consciousness. Peter Carruthers argues that conscious thought is always sensory-based, relying on the resources of the working-memory system. This system has been much studied by cognitive scientists. It enables sensory images to be sustained and manipulated ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • Introducing Persons

    Theories and Arguments in the Philosophy of the Mind

    by Peter Carruthers ...
    Stimulating introduction to the most central and interesting issues in the philosophy of mind. Topics covered include dualism versus the various forms of materialism, personal identity and survival, and the problem of other minds. ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • The Nature of the Mind

    An Introduction

    by Peter Carruthers ...
    The Nature of the Mind is a comprehensive and lucid introduction to major themes in the philosophy of mind. It carefully explores the conflicting positions that have arisen within the debate and locates the arguments within their context. It is designed for newcomers to the subject and assumes no previous knowledge of the philosophy of mind. Clearly written and rigorously presented, this book is ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • The Innate Mind

    Volume 3: Foundations and the Future

    by Peter Carruthers, Stephen Laurence, Stephen Stich ...
    Series series Evolution and Cognition
    This is the third volume of a three-volume set on The Innate Mind. The extent to which cognitive structures, processes, and contents are innate is one of the central questions concerning the nature of the mind, with important implications for debates throughout the human sciences. By bringing together the top nativist scholars in philosophy, psychology, and allied disciplines these volumes provide ... Read more

    $30.59 USD

  • The Chief Data Officer's Playbook

    by Caroline Carruthers, Peter Jackson ...
    This fully revised and updated edition of the bestselling Chief Data Officer’s Playbook offers new insights into the role of the CDO and the data environment. Written by two of the world’s leading experts in data driven transformation, it addresses the changes that have taken place in ‘data’, in the role of the ‘CDO’, and the expectations and ambitions of organisations. Most importantly, it will ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • Data Driven Business Transformation

    How to Disrupt, Innovate and Stay Ahead of the Competition

    by Peter Jackson, Caroline Carruthers ...
    OPTIMIZE YOUR BUSINESS DATA FOR FIRST-CLASS RESULTSData Driven Business Transformation illustrates how to find the secrets to fast adaptation and disruptive origination hidden in your data and how to use them to capture market share.Digitalisation – or the Digital Revolution – was the first step in an evolving process of analysis and improvement in the operations and administration of commerce. ... Read more

    $19.00 USD

  • Shades of Green

    Environment Activism Around the Globe

    by Frank Zelko, Mahesh Ranagarjan, Sandra Lynn Chaney, Jane Carruthers, Peter Ho, Daniel J. Klooster, J. Christopher Brown ...
    Series series International Environmental History
    Shades of Green examines the impact of political, economic, religious, and scientific institutions on environmental activism around the world. The book highlights the diversity of national, regional and international environmental activism, showing that the term "environmentalism" covers an entire range of perceptions, values and interests. It demonstrates that each instance of environmental ... Read more

    $42.09 USD

  • Halo Data

    Understanding and Leveraging the Value of your Data

    by Caroline Carruthers, Peter Jackson ...
    The past two decades have seen an explosion both in the volume of data we use, and our understanding of its management.However, while techniques and technology for manipulating data have advanced rapidly in this time, the concepts around the value of our data have not. This lack of progress has made it increasingly difficult for organisations to understand the value in their data, the value of ... Read more

    $26.99 USD