What can reason (or more broadly, thinking) do for us and what can't it do? This is the question examined by Herbert A. Simon, who received the 1978 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences "for his pioneering work on decision-making processes in economic organizations." The ability to apply reason to the choice of actions is supposed to be one of the defining characteristics of our sp...(展开全部)

作者簡介 J. L. Schellenberg 當代最著名的宗教哲學家之一。英國牛津大學哲學博士，現為加拿大聖文森山大學哲學教授（Mount Saint Vincent University）、戴爾豪斯大學（Dalhousie University）兼任教授。著有《神的隱匿與人的理性》、《演化的宗教》、《懷疑的智慧》等9本重要宗教哲學專著，其中《神的隱匿與人的理性》一書提出了「上帝隱匿論證」，被譽為當代宗教哲學最重要的幾本經典著作之一，並成為近年多本國際學術文集、期刊專刊的討論專題。 譯者簡介 陳樂知 臺灣大學哲學系副教授、澳洲雪梨大學哲學博士。現為臺大傳統與科學形上學研究中心（TSM）執行長；臺灣邏輯、方法論、科學與科技哲學學會（LMPST Taiwan）祕書長。專長為心智哲學、形上學、宗教哲學與自然主義哲學，曾於國際頂尖哲學期刊如Oxf...(展开全部)

Unlike most texts in critical thinking, Reason in the Balance focuses broadly on the practice of critical inquiry, the process of carefully examining an issue in order to come to a reasoned judgment. Although analysis and critique of individual arguments have an important role to play, this text goes beyond that dimension to emphasize the various aspects that go into the practi...(展开全部)

Since Descartes famously proclaimed, "I think, therefore I am," science has often overlooked emotions as the source of a person’s true being. Even modern neuroscience has tended, until recently, to concentrate on the cognitive aspects of brain function, disregarding emotions. This attitude began to change with the publication of Descartes’ Error in 1995. Antonio Damasio—"...(展开全部)

In the centuries since Descartes famously proclaimed, 'I think, therefore I am,' science has often overlooked emotions as the source of a person's true being. Even modern neuroscience has tended until recently to concentrate on the cognitive aspects of brain function, disregarding emotions. This attitude began to change with the publication of "Descartes' Error". Antonio Damasi...(展开全部)

In this wondrously lucid and engaging book, renowned neurologist Antonio Damasio demonstrates what many of us have long suspected: emotions are not a luxury, they are essential to rational thinking. Descartes' Error takes the reader on an enthralling journey of scientific discovery, starting with the case of Phineas Gage--a construction foreman who in 1848 survived a freak acci...(展开全部)

We have a lifetime's association with our bodies, but for many of us they remain uncharted territory. In Adventures in Human Being, Gavin Francis leads the reader on a journey through health and illness, offering insights on everything from the ribbed surface of the brain to the secret workings of the heart and the womb; from the pulse of life at the wrist to the unique enginee...(展开全部)

阿扎·加特（Azar Gat），牛津大学政治学博士，以色列特拉维夫大学杰出讲席教授，研究领域为军事史、军事战略以及战争与和平相关专题，主要著作有：《军事思想的起源：从启蒙至克劳塞维茨》（The Origins of Military Thought: From the Enlightenment to Clausewitz，1991）、《军事思想的发展：19世纪》（The Development of Military Thought: The Nineteenth Century，1992）、《法西斯主义与自由主义的战争观》（Fascist and Liberal Visions of War，1998）、《军事思想史：从启蒙至冷战》（A History of Military Thought: From the Enlightenment to ...(展开全部)

阿扎·加特（Azar Gat），牛津大学政治学博士，以色列特拉维夫大学杰出讲席教授，研究领域为军事史、军事战略以及战争与和平相关专题，主要著作有：《军事思想的起源：从启蒙至克劳塞维茨》（The Origins of Military Thought: From the Enlightenment to Clausewitz，1991）、《军事思想的发展：19世纪》（The Development of Military Thought: The Nineteenth Century，1992）、《法西斯主义与自由主义的战争观》（Fascist and Liberal Visions of War，1998）、《军事思想史：从启蒙至冷战》（A History of Military Thought: From the Enlightenment to ...(展开全部)

(美国)托马斯•吉洛维奇(Thomas Gilovich)，美国康奈尔大学心理学教授，同时担任该校行为经济学与决策研究中心联合主任，在行为经济学和社会心理学领域享有盛名，被称为“完美学者”。他与行为经济学鼻祖阿莫斯•特沃斯基以及诺贝尔奖获得者丹尼尔•卡尼曼长期合作，研究了“热手效应”等为人深信的认知现象，并与卡尼曼合作编写了《启发与偏见：直觉判断的心理学》。身为美国艺术与科学学院院士、美国科学促进会会士、美国心理学学会成员等组织的一员，他最近的研究得到了美国国家科学基金会和美国国家心理健康研究所的支持。