John Rawls never published anything about his own religious beliefs, but after his death two texts were discovered which shed light... Læs mere
This book promises to be the definitive guide to the field. It provides a highly sophisticated yet exceptionally clear explanation of game theory, with a host of applications to legal issues.
Strevens proposes a novel theory of scientific explanation and understanding that overhauls and augments the familiar causal approach to explanation. The... Læs mere
In 2001 an international panel of climate scientists declared that the world was warming at a rate without precedent during at least the last... Læs mere
“What does it mean to be lonely?” Dumm asks. His inquiry takes us beyond social circumstances into the deeper forces that shape our very existence as modern individuals. The... Læs mere
As Spang explains, during the 1760s and 1770s, sensitive, self-described sufferers made public show of their... Læs mere
Stigler shows how statistics arose from the interplay of mathematical concepts and the needs of several applied sciences. His... Læs mere
The most important work by one of America's greatest twentieth-century philosophers, Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind helped bring about a sea change in analytic philosophy. This publication makes comprehensible a difficult but important figure in this movement.
This is an invaluable guide to Lacanian psychoanalysis, how it’s done, and how it differs from other forms of therapy. While... Læs mere
Serving prison time with hard labor for the crime of gross indecency, Oscar Wilde wrote some of his most powerful works. A savage indictment of society, and... Læs mere
Daniel Immerwahr tells how the United States sought to rescue the world from poverty through small-scale, community-based... Læs mere