*Can you find the way to Davy's bar? *Do you know the Doughnut principal? *How do you make a Chinese contract? The changes which Charles Handy foresaw in THE AGE OF UNREASON are happening. Endless growth can make a candyfloss economy, and capitalism must be its own sternest critic. Handy reaches here for a philosophy beyond the mechanics of business organisations, beyond materi...(展开全部)

“Rovelli is a genius and an amazing communicator… This is the place where science comes to life.” ―Neil Gaiman “Helgoland is Rovelli’s most beautiful yet… Unforgettable.” ―The London Times A startling new look at quantum theory, from the New York Times bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics and The Order of Time. One of the world's most renowned theoretical phys...(展开全部)

This book is concerned with the history of metaphysics since Descartes. Taking as its definition of metaphysics 'the most general attempt to make sense of things', it charts the evolution of this enterprise through various competing conceptions of its possibility, scope and limits. The book is divided into three parts, dealing respectively with the early modern period, the late...(展开全部)

Every day, we evaluate the people around us: It's one of the most important things we ever do. Making Sense of People provides the scientific frameworks and tools we need to improve our intuition, and assess people more consciously, systematically, and effectively. Leading neuroscientist Samuel H. Barondes explains the research behind each standard personality category: extrave...(展开全部)

AN ANGOULEME AWARD WINNER RETURNS WITH A PARABLE ABOUT LIFE IN THE ART WORLD "The Making Of" is the follow-up to international sensation Brecht Evens's Eisner-nominated debut, "The Wrong Place." With lush watercolors and his characteristic wit, Evens details the fumbling, amateurish foibles of the participants of a small art festival in the Flemish countryside. Pieterjan is i...(展开全部)

In "The Future of the Image", Jacques Ranciere develops a fascinating new concept of the image in contemporary art, showing how art and politics have always been intrinsically intertwined. Covering a range of art movements, and thinkers such as Foucault, Deleuze, Adorno, Barthes, Lyotard and Greenberg, Ranciere argues that contemporary theorists of the image are suffering from ...(展开全部)

A leading philosopher presents a radical manifesto for the future of art and film. In The Future of the Image, Jacques Ranci&232;re develops a fascinating new concept of the image in contemporary art, showing how art and politics have always been intrinsically intertwined. Covering a range of art movements, and thinkers such as Foucault, Deleuze, Adorno, Barthes, Lyotard and G...(展开全部)

Considered one of the most important works of one of France's foremost philosophers, and long-awaited in English, The Logic of Sense begins with an extended exegesis of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. Considering stoicism, language, games, sexuality, schizophrenia, and literature, Deleuze determines the status of meaning and meaninglessness, and seeks the 'place' where sen...(展开全部)

史蒂芬·平克（StevenPinker），世界级语言学家，哈佛大学心理学教授，科普畅销书作家，TED演讲人。被《时代周刊》《外交政策》《展望》等多部知名杂志称为“世界上最有影响力的知识分子”。因在视觉认知和心理语言学方面的杰出研究，平克赢得来自美国国家科学院、英国皇家学会、美国心理学会、美国认知神经科学学会、美国人本主义协会的多个奖项。获过四个荣誉博士学位和数个教学奖项，其撰写的8部大众科普图书也屡屡获奖、部部畅销。

'Strawson offers something which is to be found in very few books on this great philosopher: a discussion which is, on the one side, sy mpathetic, appreciative and well informed, without ever ceasing to be critical and independent on the other.' Philosophical Books ` ... his reconstruction of Kant's central argument was not only exciting in its own day, but remains a paradigm a...(展开全部)