What makes a living system a living system? What kind of biological phenomenon is the phenomenon of cognition? These two questions have been frequently considered, but, in this volume, the authors consider them as concrete biological questions. Their analysis is bold and provocative, for the authors have constructed a systematic theoretical biology which attempts to define livi...(展开全部)

An alarming number of philosophers and cognitive scientists have argued that mind extends beyond the brain and body. This book evaluates these arguments and suggests that, typically, it does not. * A timely and relevant study that exposes the need to develop a more sophisticated theory of cognition, while pointing to a bold new direction in exploring the nature of cognition * A...(展开全部)

An alarming number of philosophers and cognitive scientists have argued that mind extends beyond the brain and body. This book evaluates these arguments and suggests that, typically, it does not. A timely and relevant study that exposes the need to develop a more sophisticated theory of cognition, while pointing to a bold new direction in exploring the nature of cognition Art...(展开全部)

Lack of ability to think probabilistically makes one prone to a variety of irrational fears and vulnerable to scams designed to exploit probabilistic naivete, impairs decision making under uncertainty, facilitates the misinterpretation of statistical information, and precludes critical evaluation of likelihood claims. Cognition and Chance presents an overview of the information...(展开全部)

The Logic of Architecture is the first comprehensive, systematic, and modern treatment of the logical foundations of design thinking. It provides a detailed discussion of languages of architectural form, their specification by means of formal grammars, their interpretation, and their role in structuring design thinking.Supplemented by more than 200 original illustrations, The L...(展开全部)

A Guardian Best Book of the 21st Century The audacious and elegiac second installment in her 'living autobiography' on writing and womanhood, from the twice-Man Booker Prize-shortlisted author of Hot Milk and Swimming Home 'Extraordinary and beautiful, suffused with wit and razor sharp insights' Financial Times Following the acclaimed Things I Don't Want to Know, Deborah Levy r...(展开全部)

林语堂（1895--1976)，福建龙溪人,现代著名作家。原名和乐，改名玉堂、语堂，笔名毛驴、宰予、岂青等，文学家。福建龙溪人。1912年入上海圣约翰大学。1919年后留学美国、德国。1923年回国，在北京大学、北京女子师范大学任教，支持爱国学生运动。1926年去厦门大学任教，写杂文，并研究语言。1932年后陆续创办《论语》、《人间世》、《宇宙风》，推动小品文的创作，成为论语派主要人物。1936年旅居美国。1947年任联合国教科文组织美术与文学主任。1954年任新加坡南洋大学校长。1966年定居台北。著有《剪拂集》、《开明英文读本》、《开明英文文法》、《大荒集》、《我的话》、《生活的艺术》、《吾国与吾民》、《无所不读》、《京华烟云》、《风声鹤唳》和《语堂文存》等。

阿尔弗雷德•阿德勒 奥地利心理学家、个体心理学创始人、自我启发之父，与弗洛伊德、荣格并称为20世纪三大心理学家。 他所开创的个体心理学独树一帜，全面覆盖原生家庭、自我认知、亲密关系及社会适应性等各个方面，影响十分深远。直到今天，在心理学领域和神经精神症领域，仍有不少人沿用阿德勒的理论和方法进行研究和治疗。 著有《自卑与超越》等作品。 张积模 国际注册高级翻译师，师从许渊冲教授，现执教于青岛大学外国语学院，曾翻译《心理学的故事》等作品。 江美娜 青岛大学公共外语教育学院讲师，曾翻译《面具人》等作品。