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The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature
The Stuff of Thought is THE book of Steven Pinker's career The Stuff of Thought is an exhilarating work of non-fiction. Surprising, thought-provoking and incredibly enjoyable, there is no other...
Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and
One of the world's greatest thinkers tells the heroic story of human progress - and why we neglect it at our peril Is modernity really failing? Or have we failed...
When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows...: Common Knowledge and the
One of the world's greatest thinkers investigates the logic and psychology of common knowledge As a cognitive scientist, the ultimate subject of Steven Pinker's fascination is how we think about...
The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature
Steven Pinker's landmark defence of human nature Recently many people have assumed that we are blank slates shaped by our environment. But this denies the heart of our being- human...
How the Mind Works
How the Mind Worksexplores every aspect of mental life, showing that our minds are not a mystery, but a system of organs of computation designed by natural selection. \"Presented with...
Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and
One of the world's greatest thinkers tells the heroic story of human progress - and why we neglect it at our peril Is modernity really failing? Or have we failed...
The Language Instinct: The New Science of Language And Mind
Simply by making noises with our mouths, we can reliably cause precise new combinations of ideas to arise in each other's minds. The ability comes so naturally that we are...
The Better Angels of Our Nature: A History of Violence and Humanity
'Brilliant, mind-altering...Everyone should read this astonishing book' David Runciman, Guardian Contrary to popular belief, humankind has become progressively less violent, over millenia and decades. Can violence really have declined? The...
The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language
How do babies learn to speak? Why are there so many languages? Do we think in our mother tongue? Who decides what's correct English? How did language evolve? In this...
Words And Rules
How does language work? How do children learn their mother tongue? Why do languages change over time, making Chaucer's English almost incomprehensible? Steven Pinker explains the profound mysteries of language...
Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters
A user's guide to rationality during an epidemic of unreason In the twenty-first century, humanity is reaching new heights of scientific understanding - and at the same time appears to...
The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st
The bestselling author of The Language Instinct deploys his gift for explaining difficult ideas in a short and entertaining writing guide for the 21st century Bad writing can't be blamed...
This Will Make You Smarter: New Scientific Concepts to Improve Your Thinking
Featuring a foreword by David Brooks, This Will Make You Smarter presents brilliant--but accessible--ideas to expand every mind. What scientific concept would improve everybody's cognitive toolkit? This is the question...
What is Your Dangerous Idea?: Today's Leading Thinkers on the
The history of science is replete with ideas that were considered socially, morally or emotionally dangerous in their time. The Copernican and Darwinian revolutions are obvious examples -- radical, brilliant...
What Are You Optimistic About?
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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. Author: John Brockman Format: Paperback...
Now is Better
Stefan Sagmeister's newest project encourages long-term thinking and reminds us that many things in the world are improving. Initially conceived in 2020 as the world entered pandemic lockdown, Stefan Sagmeister...
The Psychology of Love: Popular Penguins
Author: Sigmund Freud Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 326 This volume brings together Freud's main contributions to the psychology of love. His illuminating discussions of the ways in which sexuality...
Studies in Hysteria
'A modernist ... playing with meaning, creating a new language for the idea of self' - Independent The tormenting of the body by the troubled mind, hysteria is among the...
The History of Sexuality: The Will to Knowledge
Michel Foucault's The Will to Knowledge is the first part of his influential trilogy of books on the history of sexuality. He argues that the recent explosion of discussion about...
An Autobiographical Study
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Edition: 2nd pr.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerFew figures in modern intellectual history have reshaped our understanding of the human mind as...
The Village Effect: Why Face-to-face Contact Matters
Author: Susan Pinker (Author) Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 432 Marrying the findings of the new field of social neuroscience together with gripping human stories, award-winning author and...
The Prisoner Of Sex
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Edition: First EditionCondition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good , price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: On long tear on front of jacket, otherwise fine. Pages...
Einstein's Luck
The great biologist Louis Pasteur suppressed data that didn't support the case he was making. Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity was only "confirmed" in 1919 because an eminent British...
Beyond The Information Given: Studies In The Psychology Of Knowing
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodWhat does the human mind do with information that was never explicitly provided? Beyond the Information Given presents one of the twentieth century's most...
What We Believe But Cannot Prove: Today's Leading Thinkers on Science in the Age of Certainty
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Einstein And Culture
Author: Gerhard Sonnert Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 427 Popular images of Albert Einstein often depict him as either an almost superhuman solitary genius or as a counter-cultural rebel. In...
Church, State And Study: Essays
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Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Boards - good with minor marks and specks. Binding - remains tight. Internally sound, clean text. A landmark...
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon And The Rise Of French Republican Socialism
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Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Tight binding, no loose pages. Few political thinkers have been as misunderstood, misappropriated,...
Émile Durkheim: His Life And Work: A Historical And Critical Study
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Left-Wing Democracy In The English Civil War: A Study Of The Social Philosophy Of Gerrard Winstanley
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Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsA rigorous work of political and intellectual history, this study presents a penetrating analysis of the radical democratic thought that emerged from...
Beyond the Pleasure Principle
A collection of some of Freud's most famous essays, including ON THE INTRODUCTION OF NARCISSISM; REMEMBERING, REPEATING AND WORKING THROUGH; BEYOND THE PLEASURE PRINCIPLE; THE EGO AND THE ID and...
The Selected Writings of Maurice O'Connor Drury: On Wittgenstein,
Maurice O'Connor Drury was among Wittgenstein's first students after his return to Cambridge in 1929. The subsequent course of Drury's life and thought was to be enormously influenced by his...
Stephen Spender: a Life in Modernism
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A critical biography of the poet explores the Spanish Civil War, the rise and fall of Marxism and Nazism, World War II, Vietnam, the sexual revolution, and modern figures such...
Freud: The Key Ideas: An Introduction To Freud's Pioneering Work On Psychoanalysis, Sex, Dreams And The Unconscious
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis insightful volume presents a comprehensive overview of Sigmund Freud's foundational theories, offering readers...
Emile Durkheim: His Life And Work: A Historical And Critical Study
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: Tanned edges , minor foxing, rubbed edges.Few figures in the history of social thought have cast as long a shadow...
Prophets Without Honour: A Background To Freud, Kafka, Einstein And Their World
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Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. At the turbulent crossroads of fin-de-siècle Europe, a generation...
Gnar Country: Growing Old, Staying Rad
The New York Times bestselling author and human performance expert tests his knowledge and theories on his own aging body in a quest to become an expert skier at age...
Sigmund Freud: His Life In Pictures And Words
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Gnar Country: Growing Old, Staying Rad
The New York Times bestselling author and human performance expert tests his knowledge and theories on his own aging body in a quest to become an expert skier at age...
Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything about Race, Gender, and Identity--And Why This Harms Everybody
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Einstein In His Own Words
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: No markingsThis compelling collection presents the profound insights and personal reflections of one of history's most brilliant minds, Albert Einstein. It chronicles...