Six essays by artificial intelligence pioneer Marvin Minsky on how education can foster inventiveness, paired with commentary by Minsky's former colleagues and students. Marvin Minsky was a pioneering researcher in artificial intelligence whose work led to both theoretical and practical advances. His work was motivated not only by technological advancement but also by the desir...(展开全部)

Alan Bloom’s new translation of Emile, Rousseau’s masterpiece on the education and training of the young, is the first in more than seventy years. In it, Bloom, whose magnificent translation of Plato’s Republic has been universally hailed as a virtual rediscovery of that timeless text, again brings together the translator’s gift for journeying between two languages and cultures...(展开全部)

First published in 1985. Bertrand Russell's observations on education ace world famous. He discusses the different stages of education emphasizing the importance of education at a very young age. The education of character begins at home with wise parents training their children to be affectionate and fearless. Among the most important themes covered is education in knowledge i...(展开全部)

A classic of 18th-century thought, Schiller's treatise on the role of art in society ranks among German philosophy's most profound works. An important contribution to the history of ideas, it employs a political analysis of contemporary society -- and of the French Revolution, in particular -- to define the relationship between beauty and art.

亨利•威尔曼（Henry Wellman） ●世界知名发展心理学家，国际公认的儿童心智理论权威，美国认知发展协会第五任主席。 ●密歇根大学心理学教授、人类成长与发展研究中心教授，拥有自己的心理学实验室，专精于认知心理学，尤其是儿童心智理论的研究。 ●曾发表100多篇研究论文，出版3本经典著作，囊括美国心理学领域6项大奖，包括美国心理学会发展心理学导师奖、美国心理学会斯坦利•霍尔奖（G. Stanley Hall Award）、美国国家儿童健康和人类发展研究所颁发的杰出贡献奖等。

From some of the 20th century's greatest thinkers, essays on topics as diverse as artificial intelligence, evolution, science fiction, philosophy, reductionism, and consciousness With contributions from Jorge Luis Borges, Richard Dawkins, John Searle, and Robert Nozick, The Mind's I explores the meaning of self and consciousness through the perspectives of literature, artificia...(展开全部)

亨利•A•吉鲁（Henry A. Giroux，1943— ），著名社会批评家，美国批判教育学的创始理论家之一，先后在波士顿大学、迈阿密大学和宾夕法尼亚州立大学任教。2005年起担任加拿大麦克马斯特大学英语和文化研究系全球电视网讲座教授和《挖掘真相》董事会成员。吉鲁著述甚丰，有著作50多部，发表学术文章300多篇。最新著作包括《社会的黄昏：可处置性时代复苏的公共性》（Paradigm Publishers）、《青年的反叛》（Paradigm, 2013）。2002年，亨利•吉鲁曾被英国劳特里奇出版社评选为当代前50名教育思想家之一。