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Roots of social sensibility and neural function
"A Bradford book."We are social animals, with evolved mechanisms to discern the beliefs and desires of others. This social reason is linked to the concept of intentionality, the ability to attribute beliefs and desires to others. In this book Jay Schulkin explores social reason from philosophical, psychological, and cognitive neuroscientific perspectives. He argues for a pragmatist approach, in…
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- 9780262283281
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- 1 online resource (xviii, 206 pages) :illustrations
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The role of annuity markets in financing retirement
Annuity insurance products help protect retirees against outliving their incomes.Dramatic advances in life expectancy mean that today's retirees must plan on living into their eighties, their nineties, and even beyond. Longer life expectancies are the symbol of a prosperous society, but this progress also means that some retirees will need to plan conservatively and cut back substantially on th…
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- 9780262269377
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- 1 online resource (233 pages)
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Robot shaping :an experiment in behavior engineering
"A Bradford book."Foreword by Lashon BookerTo program an autonomous robot to act reliably in a dynamic environment is a complex task. The dynamics of the environment are unpredictable, and the robots' sensors provide noisy input. A learning autonomous robot, one that can acquire knowledge through interaction with its environment and then adapt its behavior, greatly simplifies the designer's wor…
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- 0585031037
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- 1 online resource (xviii, 203 pages) :illustrations.
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The robot in the garden :telerobotics and telepistemology in the age of the I…
"The Robot in the Garden initiates a critical theory of telerobotics and introduces telepistemology, the study of knowledge acquired at a distance. Many of our most influential technologies, the telescope, telephone, and television, were developed to provide knowledge at a distance. Telerobots, remotely controlled robots, facilitate action at a distance. Specialists use telerobots to explore ac…
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- 0585309582
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- 1 online resource (xix, 366 pages) :illustrations.
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The road winds uphill all the way :gender, work, and family in the United Sta…
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- 0585077517
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- 1 online resource (xviii, 276 pages)
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The rise of political economy as a science :methodology and the classical eco…
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- 0585025568
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- 1 online resource (xviii, 471 pages)
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The right way to hire financial help :a complete guide to choosing and managi…
Title from title screen.Detailed, practical advice on hiring financial advisers.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- [2nd ed.].
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- 9780262287845
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- 1 online resource
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Rhyme and reason :an introduction to minimalist syntax
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- 9780262285377
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- 1 online resource (xlii, 669 pages) :illustrations
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The revision theory of truth
"A Bradford book."OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262315999
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- 1 online resource (xii, 299 pages) :illustrations
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Retooling :a historian confronts technological change
A humanistic account of the changing role of technology in society, by a historian and a former Dean of Students and Undergraduate Education at MIT.When Warren Kendall Lewis left Spring Garden Farm in Delaware in 1901 to enter MIT, he had no idea that he was becoming part of a profession that would bring untold good to his country but would also contribute to the death of his family's farm. In …
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