No matter what we do, however kind or generous our deeds may seem, a hidden motive of selfishness lurks--or so science has claimed for years. This book, whose publication promises to be a major scientific event, tells us differently. In Unto Others philosopher Elliott Sober and biologist David Sloan Wilson demonstrate once and for all that unselfish behavior is in fact an impor...(展开全部)

In Unto Others, philosopher Elliott Sober and biologist David Sloan Wilson bravely attempt to reconcile altruism, both evolutionary and psychological, with the scientific discoveries that seem to portray nature as red in tooth and claw. The first half of the book deals with the evolutionary objection to altruism. For altruistic behavior to be produced by natural selection, it m...(展开全部)

No matter what we do, however kind or generous our deeds may seem, a hidden motive of selfishness lurks--or so science has claimed for years. This book, whose publication promises to be a major scientific event, tells us differently. In Unto Others philosopher Elliott Sober and biologist David Sloan Wilson demonstrate once and for all that unselfish behavior is in fact an impor...(展开全部)

In Unto Others, philosopher Elliott Sober and biologist David Sloan Wilson bravely attempt to reconcile altruism, both evolutionary and psychological, with the scientific discoveries that seem to portray nature as red in tooth and claw. The first half of the book deals with the evolutionary objection to altruism. For altruistic behavior to be produced by natural selection, it m...(展开全部)

鄔斯宾斯基简介 彼得·鄔斯宾斯基(PeterD.Ouspensky：一八七八年--一九四七年)出生於莫斯科，并在那里长大。他能够记得两岁以前的事情，也曾写下一些这类记忆的片段，由於这些片段的内容与奇特感觉连结在一起，常常同时出现在脑海，因而决定了他一生的主要方向。 鄔氏是个极有天赋的孩子，六岁左右就已阅读成人的书籍；十二岁以前已探究过诗、画和自然科学。在他十几岁的时候，便研究数学、生物学和心理学，尤其对第四度空间的观念特别感兴趣。 对一个曾体验过秩序井然且和谐的宇宙是真实存在的人来说，那些為十岁至十八岁的男生所安排的古典课程，是无法令他满意的。因此他决定不直接上大学，而在俄国、欧洲和东方各地游歷，找一份报社的工作做。二十七岁时，他根据「永恆回归」的观念写了一本小说，名叫《伊凡·欧索金的奇异人生》。这本书一九一五年才在俄国出版，且到了一九四七年才有英译...(展开全部)

This edition of The Psychology of Man's Possible Evolution includes a lecture, not previously published, in which Ouspensky givers some details of the "School of the Fourth Way," with which he was connected, and an account of some of its fundamental principles, methods, and rules. The psychology Ouspensky sets forth in this introductory lectures has existed in one form or anoth...(展开全部)

鄔斯宾斯基简介 彼得·鄔斯宾斯基(PeterD.Ouspensky：一八七八年--一九四七年)出生於莫斯科，并在那里长大。他能够记得两岁以前的事情，也曾写下一些这类记忆的片段，由於这些片段的内容与奇特感觉连结在一起，常常同时出现在脑海，因而决定了他一生的主要方向。 鄔氏是个极有天赋的孩子，六岁左右就已阅读成人的书籍；十二岁以前已探究过诗、画和自然科学。在他十几岁的时候，便研究数学、生物学和心理学，尤其对第四度空间的观念特别感兴趣。 对一个曾体验过秩序井然且和谐的宇宙是真实存在的人来说，那些為十岁至十八岁的男生所安排的古典课程，是无法令他满意的。因此他决定不直接上大学，而在俄国、欧洲和东方各地游歷，找一份报社的工作做。二十七岁时，他根据「永恆回归」的观念写了一本小说，名叫《伊凡·欧索金的奇异人生》。这本书一九一五年才在俄国出版，且到了一九四七年才有英译...(展开全部)

This edition of The Psychology of Man's Possible Evolution includes a lecture, not previously published, in which Ouspensky givers some details of the "School of the Fourth Way," with which he was connected, and an account of some of its fundamental principles, methods, and rules. The psychology Ouspensky sets forth in this introductory lectures has existed in one form or anoth...(展开全部)

In this novel introduction to modern microeconomic theory, Samuel Bowles returns to the classical economists' interest in the wealth and poverty of nations and people, the workings of the institutions of capitalist economies, and the coevolution of individual preferences and the structures of markets, firms, and other institutions. Using recent advances in evolutionary game the...(展开全部)

In this novel introduction to modern microeconomic theory, Samuel Bowles returns to the classical economists' interest in the wealth and poverty of nations and people, the workings of the institutions of capitalist economies, and the coevolution of individual preferences and the structures of markets, firms, and other institutions. Using recent advances in evolutionary game t...(展开全部)