An account of the different ways in which things have become cognitive extensions of the human body, from prehistory to the present. An increasingly influential school of thought in cognitive science views the mind as embodied, extended, and distributed rather than brain-bound or "all in the head." This shift in perspective raises important questions about the relationship betw...(展开全部)

This text presents in English an array of essays on design by the seminal media critic and philosopher, Vilem Flusser. It puts forward the view that our future depedns on design. In a series of essays on such ordinary things as wheels and umbrellas, Flusser emphasizes the interrelationship between art and science, theology and technology, and archaeology and architecture. Just ...(展开全部)

Developmental psychologists coined the term "theory of mind" to describe how we understand our shifting mental states in daily life. Over the past twenty years researchers have provided rich, provocative data showing that from an early age, children develop a sophisticated and consistent "theory of mind" by attributing their desires, beliefs, and emotions to themselves and to o...(展开全部)

乔治·亚历山大·库布勒(1912.6.26-1996.10.3)，美国艺术史家。库布勒生于好莱坞，但他大部分的学习生涯是在英国完成的。他首先去西储学院念高中，随后进了耶鲁大学，在那里获得了艺术学士和艺术硕士学位，导师是艺术史家亨利·弗西林(Henri Focillon)。从1938年开始，库布勒在耶鲁任教。在1999年，获得威廉克莱德赫特勋章。他最重要的著作是《时间的形状》(The Shape of Time: Remarks on the History of Things)。《时间的形状》一书出版于1962年。

When it was first released in 1962, The Shape of Time presented a radically new approach to the study of art history. Drawing upon new insights in fields such as anthropology and linguistics, George Kubler replaced the notion of style as the basis for histories of art with the concept of historical sequence and continuous change across time. Kubler’s classic work is now made av...(展开全部)

When it was first released in 1962, "The Shape of Time" presented a radically new approach to the study of art history. Drawing upon new insights in fields such as anthropology and linguistics, George Kubler replaced the notion of style as the basis for histories of art with the concept of historical sequence and continuous change across time. Kubler's classic work is now made ...(展开全部)

Shortlisted for the Design History Society Scholarship Prize 2001-2002 What do things mean? What does the life of everyday objects after the check-out reveal about people and their material worlds? Has the quest for the real thing become so important because the high tech world of total virtuality threatens to engulf us? This pioneering book bridges design theory and anthropolo...(展开全部)

What is consciousness? How do physical processes in the brain give rise to the self-aware mind and to feelings as profoundly varied as love or hate, aesthetic pleasure or spiritual yearning? These questions today are among the most hotly debated issues among scientists and philosophers, and we have seen in recent years superb volumes by such eminent figures as Francis Crick, Da...(展开全部)