What gives statistics its unity as a science? Stephen Stigler sets forth the seven foundational ideas of statistics—a scientific discipline related to but... Læs mere
Walter Benjamin was perhaps the twentieth century's most elusive intellectual. His writings defy categorization, and his improvised existence has proven irresistible to... Læs mere
Bruner argues that the cognitive revolution, with its fixation on a computational model of mind, has led psychology away from the deeper objective of... Læs mere
This book originated as lectures for a course on political philosophy that Rawls taught regularly at Harvard University in the 1980s. In time the lectures became a... Læs mere
Through an intensive clinical study of 40 incest victims and numerous interviews with professionals in mental health, child protection, and law enforcement,... Læs mere
This book is significant for its concept of “openness”—the artist's decision to leave arrangements of some constituents of a work to the public or to chance—and for its anticipation of two... Læs mere