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Distributed cognition and the will :individual volition and social context
"A Bradford book."Philosophers and behavioral scientists discuss what, if anything, of the traditional concept of individual conscious will can survive recent scientific discoveries that human decision-making is distributed across different brain processes and through the social environment.Recent scientific findings about human decision making would seem to threaten the traditional concept of …
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- 9780262282635
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- 1 online resource (ix, 369 pages) :illustrations
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Evolutionary psychology as maladapted psychology
"A Bradford book."A philosopher subjects the claims of evolutionary psychology to the evidential and methodological requirements of evolutionary biology, concluding that evolutionary psychology's explanations amount to speculation disguised as results. Human beings, like other organisms, are the products of evolution. Like other organisms, we exhibit traits that are the product of natural selec…
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- 9780262282376
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- 1 online resource (xi, 213 pages) :illustrations.
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Integrating evolution and development :from theory to practice
Scholars argue for the importance of the developmental synthesis, or evo-devo, discussing the history and potential of this growing field of study and presenting specific case studies.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262282932
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- 1 online resource (xii, 334 pages) :illustrations
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The enclave economy :foreign investment and sustainable development in Mexico…
Analyzes the extent to which foreign investment in Mexico's information technology sector brought economic, social, and environmental benefits to Guadalajara.Foreign investment has been widely perceived as a panacea for developing countries--as a way to reduce poverty and kick-start sustainable modern industries. The Enclave Economy calls this prescription into question, showing that Mexico's p…
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- 9780262273398
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- 1 online resource (x, 214 pages) :illustrations, maps.
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Art power
Art has its own power in the world, and is as much a force in the power play of global politics today as it once was in the arena of cold war politics. Art, argues the distinguished theoretician Boris Groys, is hardly a powerless commodity subject to the art market's fiats of inclusion and exclusion. In Art Power, Groys examines modern and contemporary art according to its ideological function.…
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- 9780262274449
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- 1 online resource (187, [3] pages)
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The Musical Representation :Meaning, Ontology, and Emotion.
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- 9780262290784
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- 1 online resource (400 pages)
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Ingmar Bergman, cinematic philosopher :reflections on his creativity
The development of themes, motifs, and techniques in Bergman's films, from the first intimations in the early work to the consummate resolutions in the final movies.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262283687
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- 1 online resource (xii, 240 pages)
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Understanding the art of sound organization
The first work to propose a comprehensive musicological framework to study sound-based music, a rapidly developing body of work that includes electroacoustic art music, turntable composition, and acoustic and digital sound installations.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262277914
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- 1 online resource (xiii, 303 pages)
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Governance and information technology :from electronic government to informat…
Experts discuss moving beyond the notion of electronic government and its focus on technology and efficiency to a broader concept of "information government" that incorporates the role of information flows within government, between government and citizen.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262279291
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- 1 online resource (xiv, 314 pages) :illustrations
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Cinematic mythmaking :philosophy in film
Mythic themes and philosophical probing in film as an art form, as seen in works of Preston Sturges, Jean Cocteau, Stanley Kubrick, and various other filmmakers. Film is the supreme medium for mythmaking. The gods and heroes of mythology are both larger than life and deeply human; they teach us about the world, and they tell us a good story. Similarly, our experience of film is both distant and…
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- 9780262283694
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- 1 online resource (x, 245 pages).
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