Contributors discuss how growing up in a world saturated with digital media affects the development of young people's individual and social identities. Read the complete open access edition HERE. Zobraziť viac
Virginia Valian uses concepts and data from psychology, sociology, economics, and biology to explain the disparity in the professional advancement of men and women. Zobraziť viac
An interdisciplinary and quantitative account of human claims on the biosphere's stores of living matter, from prehistoric hunting to modern energy production. The biosphere—the Earth's thin layer of life—dates from nearly four billion years ago, when... Zobraziť viac
Why the current Bretton Woods-like international financial system, featuring large current account deficits in the center country, the United States, and massive reserve accumulation by the periphery, is not sustainable. Zobraziť viac
The truth about robots: two experts look beyond the hype, offering a lively and accessible guide to what robots can (and can''t) do.There’s a lot of hype about robots; some of it is scary and some of it utopian. In this accessible book, two robotics... Zobraziť viac
How the original ELIZA chatbot transformed ideas about AI and society’s response to them.As we reach the 60th anniversary of ELIZA’s public debut, Inventing ELIZA offers the first comprehensive critical analysis of Joseph Weizenbaum’s groundbreaking... Zobraziť viac
A concise, reader-friendly overview of pragmatism, the most influential school of American philosophical thought.Pragmatism, America’s homegrown philosophy, has been a major intellectual movement for over a century. Unlike its rivals, it reaches well... Zobraziť viac
A framework for assessing the security risks of emerging dual-use technologies and devising tailored governance strategies is proposed and applied to contemporary case studies.Recent advances in disciplines such as biotechnology, nanotechnology, and... Zobraziť viac
An investigation of the irrational and the unconventional currents swirling behind the Bauhaus's signature sleek surfaces and austere structures.The Bauhaus (1919–1933) is widely regarded as the twentieth century's most influential art, architecture,... Zobraziť viac
An accessible introduction to the simple (yet radical) premise that a small cash income, sufficient for basic needs, ought to be provided regularly and unconditionally to every citizen.The growing movement for universal basic income (UBI) has been... Zobraziť viac
An argument that—despite dramatic advances in the field—artificial intelligence is nowhere near developing systems that are genuinely intelligent.In this provocative book, Brian Cantwell Smith argues that artificial intelligence is nowhere... Zobraziť viac
The extraordinary life and death-defying work of one of the most important and pioneering performance artists in contemporary art... Zobraziť viac
A leading expert on evolution and communication presents an empirically based theory of the evolutionary origins of human communication that challenges the dominant Chomskian view. Zobraziť viac
A new philosophy of photography that goes beyond humanist concepts to consider imaging practices from which the human is absent, as both subject and agent. Today, in the age of CCTV, drones, medical body scans, and satellite images, photography is... Zobraziť viac
A highly original theory of how the mind-brain works, based on the author's study of single neuronal cells.In I of the Vortex, Rodolfo Llinas, a founding father of modern brain science, presents an original view of the evolution and nature of mind.... Zobraziť viac
A comprehensive introduction to current research on the psychology of concept formation and use. Zobraziť viac
