This book is for both robot builders and scientists who study human behaviour and human societies. Scientists do not only collect empirical data but they also formulate theories to explain the data. Theories of human behaviour and human societies are traditionally expressed in words but, today, with the advent of the computer they can also be expressed by constructing computer-...(展开全部)

This book is for both robot builders and scientists who study human behaviour and human societies. Scientists do not only collect empirical data but they also formulate theories to explain the data. Theories of human behaviour and human societies are traditionally expressed in words but, today, with the advent of the computer they can also be expressed by constructing computer-...(展开全部)

作者 約翰·席德 (John Seed) 澳洲著名環保運動家，他所創辦的「雨林資訊中心」( Rainforest Information Centre) 成功地促使南威爾斯的副熱帶雨林得以保留，繼而發起美國雨林行動網路 (Rainforest Action Network, RAN) ，在南美洲、亞洲和太平洋，開創許多保護雨林計畫。席德是推動「深層生態學」的代表人物，並於2011年來台主持「眾生大會工作坊」。 喬安娜·梅西 (Joanna Macy) 梅西博士為美國環保學者及運動人士，研究領域包含佛教與深層生態學，在數十年的學術研究工作與環保社會運動交互參與中，她發展出一套關於個人與社會改變的理論架構，並持續不輟帶領包括「重新連結的相關工作」等環保相關工作坊。 佩德·福連明 (Pat Fleming) 興趣包括研究、栽植、醫藥植物的寫作和諮商。許多年...(展开全部)

William James' strong beliefs in a pragmatic theory of truth - that truth is only as relevant as its effect on us - lead to these absorbing essays on fact and belief. Within them is a fascinating theory of reality that suggests nothing is truly 'real' without examination through human empathy and experience. Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have trans...(展开全部)

Only a few books stand as landmarks in social and scientific upheaval. Norbert Wiener's classic is one in that small company. Founder of the science of cybernetics—the study of the relationship between computers and the human nervous system—Wiener was widely misunderstood as one who advocated the automation of human life. As this book reveals, his vision was much more complex a...(展开全部)

Only a few books stand as landmarks in social and scientific upheaval. Norbert Wiener's classic is one in that small company. Founder of the science of cybernetics—the study of the relationship between computers and the human nervous system—Wiener was widely misunderstood as one who advocated the automation of human life. As this book reveals, his vision was much more complex a...(展开全部)

Recent developments in biotechnology and genetic research are raising complex ethical questions concerning the legitimate scope and limits of genetic intervention. As we begin to contemplate the possibility of intervening in the human genome to prevent diseases, we cannot help but feel that the human species might soon be able to take its biological evolution in its own hands. ...(展开全部)

Recent developments in biotechnology and genetic research are raising complex ethical questions concerning the legitimate scope and limits of genetic intervention. As we begin to contemplate the possibility of intervening in the human genome to prevent diseases, we cannot help but feel that the human species might soon be able to take its biological evolution in its own hands. ...(展开全部)

With an introduction by Hubertus von Amelunxen Media philosopher Vilem Flusser proposed a revolutionary new way of thinking about photography. An analysis of the medium in terms of aesthetics, science and politics provided him with new ways of understanding both the cultural crises of the past and the new social forms nascent within them. Flusser showed how the transformation o...(展开全部)