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The Morals of Life
Biology, Biopolitics, Bioethics
ISBN: 9780262549035
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: August 6, 2024
Forthcoming from the MIT Press
Cultures of Prediction
How Engineering and Science Evolve with Mathematical Tools
ISBN: 9780262548236
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: May 7, 2024
A probing examination of the dynamic history of predictive methods and values in science and engineering that helps us better understand today's cultures of prediction.
The Science of Weird Shit
Why Our Minds Conjure the Paranormal
ISBN: 9780262048361
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: March 19, 2024
An accessible and gratifying introduction to the world of paranormal beliefs and bizarre experiences.
The Blind Spot
Why Science Cannot Ignore Human Experience
ISBN: 9780262048804
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: March 5, 2024
A compelling argument for including the human perspective within science, and for how human experience makes science possible.
Making Modern Medical Ethics
How African Americans, Anti-Nazis, Bureaucrats, Feminists, Veterans, and Whistleblowing Moralists Created Bioethics
ISBN: 9780262547376
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: February 20, 2024
The little-known stories of the people responsible for what we know today as modern medical ethics.
Enchantment of the Virtual
Mathematics, Physics, Philosophy
ISBN: 9781733628112
Publisher: Urbanomic/Sequence Press
Pub Date: February 13, 2024
Collected essays, interviews, and reviews by the late French philosopher and mathematician.
Beyond Versus
The Struggle to Understand the Interaction of Nature and Nurture
ISBN: 9780262549608
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 31, 2023
Why the “nature versus nurture” debate persists despite widespread recognition that human traits arise from the interaction of nature and nurture.
What's Left of Human Nature?
A Post-Essentialist, Pluralist, and Interactive Account of a Contested Concept
ISBN: 9780262549684
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 31, 2023
A philosophical account of human nature that defends the concept against dehumanization, Darwinian, and developmentalist challenges.
Truly Human Enhancement
A Philosophical Defense of Limits
ISBN: 9780262549202
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 19, 2023
A nuanced discussion of human enhancement that argues for enhancement that does not significantly exceed what is currently possible for human beings.
Properties of Life
Toward a Theory of Organismic Biology
ISBN: 9780262546201
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 19, 2023
A coherent and comprehensive theory of life that synthesizes the specific properties of living organisms.
The Morals of Life
Biology, Biopolitics, Bioethics
ISBN: 9780262549035
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: August 6, 2024
Forthcoming from the MIT Press
Cultures of Prediction
How Engineering and Science Evolve with Mathematical Tools
ISBN: 9780262548236
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: May 7, 2024
A probing examination of the dynamic history of predictive methods and values in science and engineering that helps us better understand today's cultures of prediction.
The Science of Weird Shit
Why Our Minds Conjure the Paranormal
ISBN: 9780262048361
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: March 19, 2024
An accessible and gratifying introduction to the world of paranormal beliefs and bizarre experiences.
The Blind Spot
Why Science Cannot Ignore Human Experience
ISBN: 9780262048804
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: March 5, 2024
A compelling argument for including the human perspective within science, and for how human experience makes science possible.
Making Modern Medical Ethics
How African Americans, Anti-Nazis, Bureaucrats, Feminists, Veterans, and Whistleblowing Moralists Created Bioethics
ISBN: 9780262547376
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: February 20, 2024
The little-known stories of the people responsible for what we know today as modern medical ethics.
Enchantment of the Virtual
Mathematics, Physics, Philosophy
ISBN: 9781733628112
Publisher: Urbanomic/Sequence Press
Pub Date: February 13, 2024
Collected essays, interviews, and reviews by the late French philosopher and mathematician.
Beyond Versus
The Struggle to Understand the Interaction of Nature and Nurture
ISBN: 9780262549608
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 31, 2023
Why the “nature versus nurture” debate persists despite widespread recognition that human traits arise from the interaction of nature and nurture.
What's Left of Human Nature?
A Post-Essentialist, Pluralist, and Interactive Account of a Contested Concept
ISBN: 9780262549684
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 31, 2023
A philosophical account of human nature that defends the concept against dehumanization, Darwinian, and developmentalist challenges.
Truly Human Enhancement
A Philosophical Defense of Limits
ISBN: 9780262549202
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 19, 2023
A nuanced discussion of human enhancement that argues for enhancement that does not significantly exceed what is currently possible for human beings.
Properties of Life
Toward a Theory of Organismic Biology
ISBN: 9780262546201
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 19, 2023
A coherent and comprehensive theory of life that synthesizes the specific properties of living organisms.