How does science work? Does it tell us what the world is “really” like? What makes it different from other ways of understanding the universe? In Theory and Reality, Peter Godfrey-Smith addresses these questions by taking the reader on a grand tour of more than a hundred years of debate about science. The result is a completely accessible introduction to the main themes of the ...(展开全部)

This entertaining book describes the global history of economic fluctuations and business cycle theory over more than 300 years. It explains the core of the problem and shows how cycles can be forecast and how they are managed by central banks. The book concludes with detailed studies of how sub-sectors of stocks, bonds, hedge funds, private equity funds, gold, exchange rates, ...(展开全部)

This volume provides a fascinating snapshot of the future of physics, covering fundamental physics, at the frontiers of research. It comprises a wide variety of contributions from leading thinkers in the field, inspired by the pioneering work of John A. Wheeler. Quantum theory represents a unifying theme within the book, along with topics such as the nature of physical reality,...(展开全部)

For the pioneering psychologist D.W. Winnicott, a creative approach to the world is what makes life worth living. But what are the origins of creativity and how can we develop it - whether within ourselves or in others? Not only does Playing and Reality address these questions, it also tackles many more that surround the fundamental issue of the individual self and its relati...(展开全部)

What makes science different from other ways of investigating the world? In "Theory and Reality" Peter Godfrey-Smith uses debates - such as the problem of confirmation, the new riddle of induction, and the problem of scientific realism - as a way to introduce, in a completely accessible way, the main themes in the philosophy of science. Intended for undergraduates and general r...(展开全部)

What makes science different from other ways of investigating the world? In Theory and Reality, Peter Godfrey-Smith uses debates--such as the problem of confirmation, the new riddle of induction, and the problem of scientific realism--as a way to introduce, in a completely accessible way, the main themes in the philosophy of science. Intended for undergraduates and general read...(展开全部)

斯坦利·麦克里斯特尔（Stanley McChrystal） 美国陆军四星上将，曾担任美军驻阿富汗以及国际安全援助部队的指挥官，联合参谋部主任和联合特种作战司令部的指挥官。他的前两本书《重任在肩》和《赋能》均为国际畅销书。退役后，他成为耶鲁大学杰克逊全球事务学院的高级研究员，以及领导力咨询公司麦克里斯特尔集团的合伙人。2020年11月，他成为美国当选总统拜登国安顾问团队成员。 杰夫·埃格斯（Jeff Eggers） 曾在美国海豹突击队服役20年，并曾任美国总统国家安全事务特别助理。现为麦克里斯特尔集团领导力研究所的执行主任。 贾森·曼戈内（Jay Mangone） 曾在美国海军陆战队服役四年，随后在阿斯彭研究所、服役一年联盟和纽约市退伍军人服务部任职。

This paper collects some of John McDowell's papers, written at various times over the 1980s and 1990s. One group of essays deals mainly with issues in the interpretation of the ethical writings of Aristotle and Plato. A second group of papers contains more direct treatments of questions in moral philosophy that arise naturally out of reflection on the Greek tradition. Some of t...(展开全部)