Michael - Philosophy & Social Aspects 1

This work is Volume 2 of an extensive two-volume monograph on the interplay of science and literature in Europe from the eighteenth to the early twentieth centuries. It comprises a series of some tw……続きを見る

This work is Volume 1 of an extensive two-volume monograph on the interplay of science and literature in Europe from the eighteenth to the early twentieth centuries. It comprises a series of some tw……続きを見る

The bestselling author delves into the unknown, from heretical ideas about the boundaries of the universe to Star Trek’s lessons about chance and time. A scientist pretends to be a psychic for a day……続きを見る

“A wonderfully lucid, accessible, and wide-ranging account of the boundary between justified and unjustified belief.” ーSam Harris, New York Times–bestselling author of The Moral Landscape and The E……続きを見る

“Shermer is savage about the shortcomings of intelligent design and eloquent about the spirituality of science . . . An invaluable primer.” ーLos Angeles Times Book Review Science is on the defensiv……続きを見る

The New York Times–bestselling author of The Believing Brains explores how science makes us better people. From Galileo and Newton to Thomas Hobbes and Martin Luther King, Jr., thinkers throughout h……続きを見る

Winner of the William James Book Award Winner of the Eleanor Maccoby Book Award “A landmark in our understanding of human development.” ーPaul Harris, author of Trusting What You’re Told “Magisteria……続きを見る

In a present marked by planetary crisis, a radical rethinking of aesthetics is necessary. This inspirational collection proposes a new way of thinking about aesthetics as fundamental to cultivating ……続きを見る

Ein gemütlicher Weihnachtsabend mit seinen Eltern. So weit, so normal. Normal, bis sich M. an einem der Weihnachtsplätzchen seiner Mutter verschluckt und das Zeitliche segnet. Wohin führt seine Reis……続きを見る

A defense of scientific realism based on the role of idealization in the cognitive sciences. We study nature, including the mind and brain, by building scientific models. In The Idealized Mind, Mich……続きを見る

A neuroscientist and surgeon makes an argument for the existence of a spiritual human soul in this eye-opening book. Many scientists and doctors believe that there is no such thing as the soul. That……続きを見る

In this provocative and headline-making book, Michael Specter confronts the widespread fear of science and its terrible toll on individuals and the planet. In Denialism, Michael Specter reveals that……続きを見る

This open access book provides an extensive review of ethical and regulatory issues related to human infection challenge studies, with a particular focus on the expansion of this type of research in……続きを見る

A scientific exploration into humanity’s obsession with the afterlife and quest for immortality from the bestselling author and skeptic Michael Shermer In his most ambitious work yet, Shermer sets o……続きを見る

Collected essays from bestselling author Michael Shermer's celebrated columns in Scientific American For fifteen years, bestselling author Michael Shermer has written a column in Scientific American……続きを見る

The last century witnessed an explosion of theologies born out of the conviction that the science of evolution can and must contribute to our understandings of God, humanity, technology, suffering, ……続きを見る

Properly analyzed, the collective mythological and religious writings of humanity reveal that around 1500 BC, a comet swept perilously close to Earth, triggering widespread natural disasters and thr……続きを見る

In its concern with science as an essentially human enterprise, Science, Faith and Society makes an original and challenging contribution to the philosophy of science. On its appearance in 1946 the ……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

How the internet and powerful online tools are democratizing and accelerating scientific discovery Reinventing Discovery argues that we are living at the dawn of the most dramatic change in science ……続きを見る

"A complete introduction to the geometric code of nature, written and illustrated by the most perceptive of its modern investigators." ーJohn Michell, from the Preface You need not be a philosopher ……続きを見る

This book provides a unique discussion of human evolution from a philosophical viewpoint, looking at the facts and interpretations since Charles Darwin's The Descent of Man. Michael Ruse explores su……続きを見る

The writers behind New Scientist explore the baffling concept of nothingness from the fringes of the universe to our minds’ inner workings. It turns out that nothing is as curious or as enlightening……続きを見る

Do you wonder if a Higher Power is present? Do you seek to connect with God? If the answer to these questions is yes, then this handbook is for you! Faithbook is not about interpreting ancient relig……続きを見る

While our five senses are doing a reasonably good job at representing the world around us on a macro-scale, we have no existing intuitive representation of the nanoworld, ruled by laws entirely fore……続きを見る

Timothy Leary's advice to "tune in, turn on and drop out" was a 1960s exhortation to experiment with LSD, but humans had been consuming ergot alkaloids related to lysergic acid diethylamide for at l……続きを見る

Die Menschheitsgeschichte kennt Innovationsschübe, die unaufhaltsam wie ein Tsunami alles verändern – die landwirtschaftliche Revolution, die Dampfmaschine, das Internet. Künstliche Intelligenz ist ……続きを見る

This Element explores the relationship between phenomenology and mathematics. Its focus is the mathematical thought of Edmund Husserl, founder of phenomenology, but other phenomenologists and phenom……続きを見る

Una presentación compacta de los puntos esenciales del pensamiento de Michael Polany «Podemos saber más de lo que podemos decir». El polímata y erudito Michael Polanyi se sirvió de sus experiencias ……続きを見る

Biological Essentialism addresses three main issues. The first concerns the essences (natures, identities) of biological taxa, particularly species. Kripke and other metaphysicians hold that these e……続きを見る