People have always been xenophobic, but an explicit philosophical and scientific view of human racial difference only began to emerge during the modern period. Why and how did this happen? Surveying a range of philosophical and natural-scientific texts, dating from the Spanish Renaissance to the German Enlightenment, Nature, Human Nature, and Human Difference charts the evoluti...(展开全部)

People have always been xenophobic, but an explicit philosophical and scientific view of human racial difference only began to emerge during the modern period. Why and how did this happen? Surveying a range of philosophical and natural-scientific texts, dating from the Spanish Renaissance to the German Enlightenment, Nature, Human Nature, and Human Difference charts the evoluti...(展开全部)

A philosopher makes the case for thinking of works of art as tools for investigating ourselves In his new book, Strange Tools: Art and Human Nature, the philosopher and cognitive scientist Alva Noë raises a number of profound questions: What is art? Why do we value art as we do? What does art reveal about our nature? Drawing on philosophy, art history, and cognitive science, an...(展开全部)

A philosopher makes the case for thinking of works of art as tools for investigating ourselves In his new book, Strange Tools: Art and Human Nature, the philosopher and cognitive scientist Alva Noë raises a number of profound questions: What is art? Why do we value art as we do? What does art reveal about our nature? Drawing on philosophy, art history, and cognitive science, an...(展开全部)

阿尔弗雷德.阿德勒（1870—1937），奥地利心理学家，人本主义心理学先驱，个体心理学的创始人，他与弗洛伊德和荣格一起被人们并称为深蕴心理学的三大奠基人。他认为科学知识的价值在于其对于人类本身的贡献。他提出“自卑与超越”“社会情感”是性格发展的动力源泉，这一观点为我们更好地理解人性提供了一个独特的视角。 阿德勒一生精力充沛，勤于著述，发表论文、出版著作300余种。主要著作有《自卑与超越》《理解人性》《生活的科学》《神经症问题：病例史手册》《个体心理学的实践与理论》等。阿德勒的著作被翻译成法语、西班牙语、荷兰语、意大利语、俄语、汉语、日语、韩语等多种文字出版。

阿尔弗雷德.阿德勒（1870—1937），奥地利心理学家，人本主义心理学先驱，个体心理学的创始人，他与弗洛伊德和荣格一起被人们并称为深蕴心理学的三大奠基人。他认为科学知识的价值在于其对于人类本身的贡献。他提出“自卑与超越”“社会情感”是性格发展的动力源泉，这一观点为我们更好地理解人性提供了一个独特的视角。 阿德勒一生精力充沛，勤于著述，发表论文、出版著作300余种。主要著作有《自卑与超越》《理解人性》《生活的科学》《神经症问题：病例史手册》《个体心理学的实践与理论》等。阿德勒的著作被翻译成法语、西班牙语、荷兰语、意大利语、俄语、汉语、日语、韩语等多种文字出版。

The author of the controversial "The Nurture Assumption" tackles the biggest mystery of psychology: What makes people differ so much in personality and behaviour? The search leads Judith Rich Harris into fascinating byways of science - from classic experiments in social psychology to cutting-edge research in neuroscience, from studies of twins to studies of ants. And Harris' so...(展开全部)

A revised edition of the groundbreaking classic on mental illness Is madness purely a medical condition that can be treated with drugs? Is there a clear dividing line between who is sane and who is insane? In his groundbreaking work, Madness Explained, leading clinical psychologist Richard Bentall shattered the modern myths that surround psychosis. For this revised edition, he ...(展开全部)