This collection reports on the latest research on an increasingly pivotal issue for evolutionary biology: cooperation. The chapters are written from a variety of disciplinary perspectives and utilize
Philosophers and psychologists discuss new collaborative work in moral philosophy that draws on evolutionary psychology, cognitive science, and neuroscience.
Philosophers have discussed virtue and character since Socrates, but many traditional views have been challenged by recent findings in psychology and neuroscience. This fifth volume of Moral Psycholo
How can the baffling problems of phenomenal experience be accounted for? In thisprovocative book, Fred Dretske argues that to achieve an understanding of the mind it is not enoughto understand the bio
In Psychiatry in the Scientific Image, Dominic Murphy looks atpsychiatry from the viewpoint of analytic philosophy of science, considering three issues: how weshould conceive of, classify, and explai
Reasoning about knowledge—particularly the knowledge of agents who reason about the world and each other's knowledge—was once the exclusive province of philosophers and puzzle solvers. Mo
The landmark reference in the field, completely updated: a comprehensive treatment of a disorder that is more prevalent than autism.Children with specific language impairment (SLI) show a significant
Emotion and addiction lie on a continuum between simple visceral drives such as hunger, thirst, and sexual desire at one end and calm, rational decision making at the other. Although emotion and addic
This volume of Ned Block's writings collects his papers on consciousness, functionalism, and representationism. A number of these papers treat the significance of the multiple realizability of mental
At the age of 19 Ian Waterman was suddenly struck down at work by a rare neurologicalillness that deprived him of all sensation below the neck. He fell on the floor in a heap, unable tostand or contro
The Elm and the Expert provides a lively discussion of semantic issues about mental representation, with special attention to issues raised by Frege's problem, twin cases, and the putative indetermina
Beginning to Read reconciles the debate that has divided theorists for decades over the "right" way to help children learn to read. Drawing on a rich array of research on the nature and development o
Brain, body, and world are united in a complex dance of circular causation and extended computational activity. In Being There, Andy Clark weaves these several threads into a pleasing whole and goes
Auditory Scene Analysis addresses the problem of hearing complex auditory environments, using a series of creative analogies todescribe the process required of the human auditory system as itanalyzes
The central claim of this powerful philosophical exploration is that within any logicwe have, there can be no coherent notion of all truth or of total knowledge. Grim examines a seriesof logical parad
"Machines who think -- how utterly preposterous," huff beleaguered humanists,defending their dwindling turf. "Artificial Intelligence -- it's here and about to surpass our own,"crow techno-visionaries
Vagueness is currently the subject of vigorous debate in the philosophy of logic andlanguage. Vague terms--such as 'tall', 'red', 'bald', and 'tadpole'--have borderline cases(arguably, someone may be
Written with the same clarity, directness, and humor that have made Simon LeVay oneof the most popular lecturers at Harvard Medical School and at the University of California, SanDiego, The Sexual Bra
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 1999Academic debates about pluralism and truth have become increasingly polarized in recent years. One side embraces extreme relativism, deeming any talk of obj
