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Science has multiple goals: to describe the world, as it is now; to predict the future and to make inferences about the past. Science also aims to understand the world – to explain why it is the way……続きを見る

We live in a world confronted by mounting environmental problems; increasing global deforestation and desertification, loss of species diversity, pollution and global warming. In everyday life peopl……続きを見る

2020 Choice Outstanding Academic Title The moving bodyーpervasively occupied by fitness activities, intense training and dieting regimes, recreational practices, and high-profile sporting mega-event……続きを見る

In "A Catechism of Familiar Things," the anonymous author crafts an innovative exploration of the natural world, presenting a wealth of knowledge about everyday objects and phenomena. Utilizing a di……続きを見る

Bioethics: 50 Puzzles, Problems, and Thought Experiments collects 50 casesーboth real and imaginaryーthat have been, or should be, of special interest and importance to philosophical bioethics. Case……続きを見る

This edited volume explores the various and unique motivations driving the rapidly-growing esports industry, which attracts attention and financial investment from major sponsors, athletic organizat……続きを見る

This Element examines the main ethical aspects of consciousness It argues that consciousness is not intrinsically valuable but has value or disvalue for individuals depending on its phenomenology (w……続きを見る

Viviamo in un Paese democratico, in uno Stato di diritto? La scienza è oggettiva e persegue il benessere e il progresso dell'umanità? La società moderna è governata ormai da uno stretto rapporto tra……続きを見る

Explores the ways in which African writers have approached speculative fiction through in-depth articles on the use of language, terminology and the genealogy of the works. Over the past two decades……続きを見る

Over the past two decades, there has been a resurgence in the writing of African and African diaspora speculative and science fiction writing. Recent discussions around the "rise of science-fiction ……続きを見る

Em 2009, comemoraram-se os 200 anos do nascimento de C. Darwin e os 150 anos da publicação de seu mais influente livro, A Origem das Espécies. Por ocasião dessas duas importantes datas relativas ao ……続きを見る

Vous trouverez dans cet ebook la biographie, au moins un livre ou un texte et leur philosophie de : Socrate (Platon), Diogène, Aristote, Zénon, Epicure, Pyrrhon (les philosophes grecs) et en bonus: ……続きを見る

Neural prosthetics are systems or devices implanted in or connected to the brain that influence the input and output of information. They modulate, bypass, supplement, or replace regions of the brai……続きを見る

Nel libro sono presentati i risultati di una ricerca volta a costruire un primo nucleo di una teoria complessa del potere denominata isomorfismo del potere – capace di abbracciare, oltre alla politi……続きを見る

The 21st century offers a dizzying array of new technological developments: robots smart enough to take white collar jobs, social media tools that manage our most important relationships, ordinary o……続きを見る

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This book is the first to offer a systematic account of the role of language in the development and interpretation of physics. An historical-conceptual analysis of the co-evolution of mathematical a……続きを見る

Es una obra espléndida en la que se reúnen diversos artículos y ensayos sobre Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592), es un paseo por el país del filósofo, escritor y humanista del renacimiento, creador de……続きを見る

L’autore propone un viaggio (oltre 700 pagine) tra storia, archeologia, filosofia, teologia, sociologia, biologia, astronomia, fisica e tecnologia, alla ricerca di risposte alle domande: Chi siamo? ……続きを見る

This book is a discussion of the most timely and contentious issues in the two branches of neuroethics: the neuroscience of ethics; and the ethics of neuroscience. Drawing upon recent work in psychi……続きを見る

We can't stop shopping but we must stop shopping - the consumer dilemma that defines our lives and our future. What would happen if we did? We are using up the planet at almost double the rate it ca……続きを見る