Nature cannot build organisms biologically prepared for every contingency they might possibly encounter. Instead, Nature builds some organisms to function as feedback control systems that pursue goals, make informed behavioral decisions about how best to pursue those goals in the current situation, and then monitor behavioral execution for effectiveness. Nature builds psycholog...(展开全部)

Nature cannot build organisms biologically prepared for every contingency they might possibly encounter. Instead, Nature builds some organisms to function as feedback control systems that pursue goals, make informed behavioral decisions about how best to pursue those goals in the current situation, and then monitor behavioral execution for effectiveness. Nature builds psycholog...(展开全部)

◎ 著者 马丁•詹金斯(Martin Jenkins) 生物学家、童书作家，毕业于剑桥大学，已经出版了多本童书，并屡获奖项。 ◎ 绘者 格雷厄姆•贝克-史密斯(Grahame Baker Smith) 2011年凯特•格林纳威奖得主，自由插画师，从事插画工作30多年。 ◎ 译者 梁艳 中国科学院南京地质古生物研究所副研究员，致力于在石头中寻找、探索、“利用”一群曾生活在远古海洋中的灭绝微体生物。 谭超 中国科学院南京地质古生物研究所工程师，没事画些古生物复原，偶尔给一些奇怪的生物做个雕塑或动画。

◎ 著者 马丁•詹金斯(Martin Jenkins) 生物学家、童书作家，毕业于剑桥大学，已经出版了多本童书，并屡获奖项。 ◎ 绘者 格雷厄姆•贝克-史密斯(Grahame Baker Smith) 2011年凯特•格林纳威奖得主，自由插画师，从事插画工作30多年。 ◎ 译者 梁艳 中国科学院南京地质古生物研究所副研究员，致力于在石头中寻找、探索、“利用”一群曾生活在远古海洋中的灭绝微体生物。 谭超 中国科学院南京地质古生物研究所工程师，没事画些古生物复原，偶尔给一些奇怪的生物做个雕塑或动画。

In this ambitious work, Philip Pettit offers a single, unified, and overarching theory of freedom. A puzzling topic, freedom extends from the individual and the metaphysical (i.e. free will) to the social and the political, yet a theory connecting these two realms has yet to be devised. In an elegant, accessible manner, Pettit presents a survey of available theories of freedom,...(展开全部)

In this ambitious work, Philip Pettit offers a single, unified, and overarching theory of freedom. A puzzling topic, freedom extends from the individual and the metaphysical (i.e. free will) to the social and the political, yet a theory connecting these two realms has yet to be devised. In an elegant, accessible manner, Pettit presents a survey of available theories of freedom,...(展开全部)

One of America’s foremost philosophers offers a major new account of the origins of the conscious mind. How did we come to have minds? For centuries, this question has intrigued psychologists, physicists, poets, and philosophers, who have wondered how the human mind developed its unrivaled ability to create, imagine, and explain. Disciples of Darwin have long aspired to explain...(展开全部)

丹尼尔·丹尼特 世界知名哲学家、认知科学家，美国艺术与科学院院士，塔夫茨大学讲席教授。2001年，荣获被誉为“心智哲学诺贝尔奖”的让·尼科奖。 美国教育网站 TheBestSchools评选丹尼尔·丹尼特为全球50位蕞具影响力的在世哲学家之一。“人工智能之父”马文·明斯基称赞他为“下一个伯特兰·罗素”。 2010 年当选圣塔菲研究所首届蕞受尊崇的访问学者席位—米勒学者，跨学科开展认知科学和进化生物学研究。 与理查德·道金斯、萨姆·哈里斯、克里斯托弗·希钦斯并称“新无神论四大骑士”。