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  • The Ancient Mythology of Modern Science

    A Mythologist Looks (Seriously) at Popular Science Writing

    de Gregory Schrempp ...
    Series Libro 19 - Central Problems of Philosophy
    Humans have long been captivated by mythology and theorized about the lessons embedded in their tales. In The Ancient Mythology of Modern Science, Gregory Schrempp brings a mythologist's critical eye to popular science writing, a flourishing genre that forms a key link between science and popular consciousness. Schrempp argues that the defining and appealing characteristic of this genre is not ... Leer más

    $34.99 USD

  • The Ancient Mythology of Modern Science

    A Mythologist Looks (Seriously) at Popular Science Writing

    de Gregory Schrempp ...
    Series Libro 19 - Central Problems of Philosophy
    Humans have long been captivated by mythology and theorized about the lessons embedded in their tales. In The Ancient Mythology of Modern Science, Gregory Schrempp brings a mythologist's critical eye to popular science writing, a flourishing genre that forms a key link between science and popular consciousness. Schrempp argues that the defining and appealing characteristic of this genre is not ... Leer más

    $27.99 USD

  • Science, Bread, and Circuses

    Folkloristic Essays on Science for the Masses

    de Gregory Schrempp ...
    In Science, Bread, and Circuses, Gregory Schrempp brings a folkloristic viewpoint to the topic of popular science, calling attention to the persistence of folkloric form, idiom, and worldview within the increasingly important dimension of popular consciousness defined by the impact of science.Schrempp considers specific examples of texts in which science interpreters employ folkloric tropes—myths, ... Leer más

    $17.99 USD

  • The Aesop's Fable Paradigm

    An Unlikely Intersection of Folklore and Science

    de K. Brandon Barker, Daniel J. Povinelli, Laura Hennefield, Hyesung G. Hwang, William Hansen, Gregory Schrempp ...
    Series series
    The Aesop's Fable Paradigm is a collection of essays that explore the cutting-edge intersection of Folklore and Science. From moralizing fables to fantastic folktales, humans have been telling stories about animals—animals who can talk, feel, think, and make moral judgments just as we do—for a very long time. In contrast, scientific studies of the mental lives of animals have professed to be ... Leer más

    $35.99 USD

  • The Truth of Myth

    World Mythology in Theory and Everyday Life

    de Tok Thompson, Gregory Schrempp ...
    Series series World Mythology in Theory and Everyday Life
    The Truth of Myth is a thorough and accessible introduction to the study of myth, surveying the intellectual history of the topic, methods for studying myth cross-culturally, and emerging trends. Readers will encounter insightful commentaries on such questions as: What is the relation of mythology to religion? To science? To popular culture? Did the events recounted in myths actually occur? Why ... Leer más

    $22.99 USD

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  • The Marriage of Sense and Soul

    Integrating Science and Religion

    de Ken Wilber ...
    There is arguably no more critical and pressing topic than the relation of science and religion in the modern world. Science has given us the methods for discovering truth, while religion remains the single greatest force for generating meaning. Yet the two are seen as mutually exclusive, with wrenching consequences for humanity. In The Marriage of Sense and Soul, one of today's most important ... Leer más

    $13.99 USD

  • Science Fiction and Philosophy

    From Time Travel to Superintelligence

    Edición de Susan Schneider ...
    A timely volume that uses science fiction as a springboard to meaningful philosophical discussions, especially at points of contact between science fiction and new scientific developments.Raises questions and examines timely themes concerning the nature of the mind, time travel, artificial intelligence, neural enhancement, free will, the nature of persons, transhumanism, virtual reality, and ... Leer más

    $84.00 USD

  • Fate & Philosophy

    A Journey Through Life's Great Questions

    de Jim Flynn ...
    A provocative sequel to The Torchlight List, this book examines the answers that thinkers throughout the ages—from Plato in ancient Greece to contemporary psychologists and scientists—have proposed for life's great questions: Do human beings have free will? Is a good society possible? Is patriotism ethical? and Can modern science penetrate the mind? Exploring the moral ideals, attitudes, and ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Language Instinct

    How The Mind Creates Language

    de Steven Pinker ...
    "A brilliant, witty, and altogether satisfying book." — New York Times Book ReviewThe classic work on the development of human language by the world’s leading expert on language and the mindIn The Language Instinct, the world's expert on language and mind lucidly explains everything you always wanted to know about language: how it works, how children learn it, how it changes, how the brain ... Leer más

    $9.49 USD

  • 50 Philosophy of Science Ideas You Really Need to Know

    de Gareth Southwell ...
    Series series 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know series
    Science first began as a branch of philosophy, but it has since grown up and moved out of the family home, and its successes have put its parent in the shade. Thanks to scientific knowledge we have walked on the Moon, cured once-fatal illnesses, and even identified the very building blocks of life and the universe. But it is these very successes that underline the need for philosophy.How much ... Leer más

    $3.99 USD

  • The Genius of Birds

    de Jennifer Ackerman ...
    **“Lovely, celebratory. For all the belittling of ‘bird brains,’ [Ackerman] shows them to be uniquely impressive machines . . .” —New York Times Book Review“A lyrical testimony to the wonders of avian intelligence.” —Scientific AmericanAn award-winning science writer tours the globe to reveal what makes birds capable of such extraordinary feats of mental prowess**Birds are astonishingly ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD

  • More than Matter?

    What Humans Really Are

    de Professor Keith Ward ...
    'The question of what it is to be a human person is the biggest intellectual question of our day.'Keith Ward has taught philosophy and theology in British universities for the past 40 years, and he is now weighing in on a major intellectual battle: whether human persons are purely materialistic - nothing but matter - or whether there is another, deeply valuable part of us, which transcends our ... Leer más

    $10.99 USD