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The artificial and the natural :an evolving polarity
Notions of nature and art as they have been defined and redefined in Western culture, from the Hippocratic writers and Aristotle of Ancient Greece to nineteenth-century chemistry and twenty-first century biomimetics.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262268172
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- 1 online resource (vi, 331 pages) :illustrations.
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Moral psychology.
"For much of the twentieth century, philosophy and science went their separate ways. In moral philosophy, fear of the so-called naturalistic fallacy kept moral philosophers from incorporating developments in biology and psychology. Since the 1990s, however, many philosophers have drawn on recent advances in cognitive psychology, brain science, and evolutionary psychology to inform their work. T…
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- 9780262302982
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Conceptual analysis and philosophical naturalism
"A Bradford book."This volume shows how the so-called 'Canberra Plan' of metaphysical research continues to inspire (and provoke) some of the most interesting work in modern metaphysics.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262255202
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- 1 online resource (viii, 370 pages)
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The really hard problem :meaning in a material world
"A Bradford book."A noted philosopher proposes a naturalistic (rather than supernaturalistic) way to solve the "really hard problem": how to live a life that really matters-even as a finite material being living in a material world.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262272803
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- 1 online resource (xiii, 288 pages) :illustrations
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Children and pensions
An analysis of the effect of public pension schemes on a country's fertility rate and a proposal for policies to reform pension coverage in light of this.The rapidly aging populations of many developed countries--most notably Japan and member countries of the European Union--present obvious problems for the public pension plans of these countries. Not only will there be disproportionately fewer…
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- 9780262270342
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- 1 online resource (xxiii, 204 pages) :illustrations.
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Folk psychological narratives :the sociocultural basis of understanding reasons
"A Bradford book."An argument that challenges the dominant "theory theory" and simulation theory approaches to folk psychology by claiming that our everyday understanding of intentional actions done for reasons is acquired by exposure to and engaging in specific kinds of n.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262275996
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- 1 online resource (xxiv, 343 pages)
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Velvet revolution at the synchrotron :biology, physics, and change in science
Change in scientific practice and its implications for the status of scientific claims, examined through an analysis of three episodes at a synchrotron laboratory.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262258746
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- 1 online resource (viii, 152 pages) :illustrations.
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Color ontology and color science
"A Bradford book."Here, leading scientists and philosophers examine new problems with new analytic tools, considering such topics as the psychophysical measurement of colour and its implications, and questions that arise from what we now know about the neural processing of colour information, colour consciousness, and colour language.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262312493
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- 1 online resource (xxiii, 419 pages) :illustrations.
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Brain signal analysis :advances in neuroelectric and neuromagnetic methods
This title explores recent developments in the tools and techniques of data acquisition and analysis in cognitive electrophysiology.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262258876
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- 1 online resource (x, 259 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) :illustrations (some color)
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The case for qualia
"A Bradford book."First presenting philosophical defences, then scientific and finally specific criticisms of opposing views including discussions on the Churchlands' 'neurophilosophy', this book discusses philosophical and scientific defences of Indirect Realism and counterarguments to the attacks of qualiaphobes.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262286497
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- 1 online resource (viii, 384 pages)
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