Modern philosophy finds it difficult to give a satisfactory picture of the place of minds in the world. In "Mind and World", based on the 1991 John Locke Lectures, John McDowell offers his diagnosis of this difficulty and points to a cure. He illustrates a major problem of modern philosophy - the insidious persistence of dualism - in his discussion of empirical thought. Much as...(展开全部)

Modern philosophy finds it difficult to give a satisfactory picture of the place of minds in the world. In "Mind and World", based on the 1991 John Locke Lectures, John McDowell offers his diagnosis of this difficulty and points to a cure. He illustrates a major problem of modern philosophy - the insidious persistence of dualism - in his discussion of empirical thought. Much as...(展开全部)

Review An important book about a critical question. (New York Times Book Review ) Loftus is a quiet, sincere, and reliable guide to this important research and its applications. (Times Higher Education Supplement ) Product Description Every year hundreds of defendants are convicted on little more than the say-so of a fellow citizen. Although psychologists have suspected for dec...(展开全部)

The nine captivatingly meditative essays in The Practice of the Wild display the deep understanding and wide erudition of Gary Snyder in the ways of Buddhist belief, wildness, wildlife, and the world. These essays, first published in 1990, stand as the mature centerpiece of Snyder’s work and thought, and this profound collection is widely accepted as one of the central texts ...(展开全部)

The Wise Men introduces the original best and brightest, leaders whose outsized personalities and actions brought order to post-war chaos: Averell Harriman, the freewheeling diplomat and Roosevelt's special envoy to Churchill and Stalin; Dean Acheson, the secretary of state who was more responsible for the Truman Doctrine than Truman and for the Marshall Plan than General Marsh...(展开全部)

Review "... O'Driscoll and Rizzo's book remains an Austrian classic ... [I]t still deserves to be read by serious academics across the political and economic spectrum." -- Review of Radical Political Economics "Perhaps now the Austrians will be allowed to help renovate economics." -- The Times Literary Supplement "The title of this valuable work. . .comes from a remark of J. M....(展开全部)

布莱恩·巴利（1936—2009），当代知名政治哲学家，早年在牛津师从20世纪分析法学宗师哈特，曾在牛津大学、哥伦比亚大学和伦敦政治经济学院等多所顶尖大学任教，1978年当选为美国艺术与科学院院士。布莱恩·巴利以把分析哲学和政治科学融合在一起而著称于世，作为一个广义的社会科学家，他还致力于融汇政治理论和社会选择理论，并且是当代甚为流行的公共选择理论的坚定批评者。巴利出版了“正义理论三部曲”，即《正义诸理论》《作为公道的正义》《社会正义论》，以及《社会学家、经济学家和民主》《文化与平等》等多部著作。

This carefully designed, multi-authored textbook covers a broad range of theoretical issues in cognitive science, psychology, and neuroscience. With accessible language, a uniform structure, and many pedagogical features, Mind, Cognition, and Neuroscience: A Philosophical Introdution is the best high-level overview of this area for an interdisciplinary readership of students. W...(展开全部)

'This is a real feast of a book...a landmark book. It is clear enough to be used as a teaching text, and could make an excellent introduction to the discipline for those courageous enough to revise their courses.' International Affairs 'This is a bold, successful and valuable book...It is written with admirable clarity and merciful conciseness.' International Relations 'A stunn...(展开全部)