The author of Straw Dogs, famous for his provocative critiques of scientific hubris and the delusions of progress and humanism, turns his attention to cats—and what they reveal about humans' torturous relationship to the world and to themselves. The history of philosophy has been a predictably tragic or comical succession of palliatives for human disquiet. Thinkers from Spinoza...(展开全部)

There is no real evidence that humans ever 'domesticated' cats. Rather, it seems that at some point cats saw the potential value to themselves of humans. John Gray's wonderful new book is an attempt to get to grips with the philosophical and moral issues around the uniquely strange relationship between ourselves and these remarkable animals. Feline Philosophy draws on centuries...(展开全部)

The author of Straw Dogs, famous for his provocative critiques of scientific hubris and the delusions of progress and humanism, turns his attention to cats―and what they reveal about humans' torturous relationship to the world and to themselves. The history of philosophy has been a predictably tragic or comical succession of palliatives for human disquiet. Thinkers from Spinoza...(展开全部)

Psychotherapist Irvin D. Yalom probes further into the mysteries of the therapeutic encounter in this entertaining and thoughtful follow-up to his bestselling Love's Executioner In six enthralling stories drawn from his own clinical experience, Irvin D. Yalom once again proves himself an intrepid explorer of the human psyche as he guides his patients--and himself--toward tra...(展开全部)

Mitochondria are tiny structures located inside our cells that carry out the essential task of producing energy for the cell. They are found in all complex living things, and in that sense, they are fundamental for driving complex life on the planet. But there is much more to them than that. Mitochondria have their own DNA, with their own small collection of genes, separate fro...(展开全部)

Mitochondria are tiny structures located inside our cells that carry out the essential task of producing energy for the cell. They are found in all complex living things, and in that sense, they are fundamental for driving complex life on the planet. But there is much more to them than that. Mitochondria have their own DNA, with their own small collection of genes, separate fro...(展开全部)

A surprising new take on why we believe in God—and how this belief ensured the survival of the human species. God is not merely an idea to be entertained or discarded based on the evidence. Nor is God a cultural invention, an existential Band-Aid, or an opiate of the masses. Instead, Jesse Bering argues, belief in God evolved in the human species as an "adaptive illusion." Draw...(展开全部)

A surprising new take on why we believe in God—and how this belief ensured the survival of the human species. God is not merely an idea to be entertained or discarded based on the evidence. Nor is God a cultural invention, an existential Band-Aid, or an opiate of the masses. Instead, Jesse Bering argues, belief in God evolved in the human species as an "adaptive illusion." Draw...(展开全部)

杰瑞·艾伦·福多(Jerry Alan Fodor,1935-2017)，美国哲学家，曾任教于麻省理工学院、纽约城市大学、罗格斯大学。1993年获首届尼可德奖。他的研究涵盖了心灵哲学、语言哲学、认知哲学等诸多领域。代表作有《思维语言》(1975）、《心理模块性》（1983）、《心理语义学：心灵哲学中的意义问题》（1987）等。 宋荣，华中师范大学教授、博士生导师。主要研究方向为逻辑学、心灵哲学、科技哲学、分析的马克思主义。 宋琴，华中师范大学讲师。主要研究方向为金融投资、风险管理、经济逻辑。 周慧君，华中师范大学英语语言文学专业硕士，主要研究方向为英美文学。