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The Feeling of Space
ISBN: 9780262049368
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: December 31, 2024
A richly illustrated exploration of humanity's drive to shape life as a spatial project, from Plato's time to the digital era.
Cognitive Biology
Evolutionary and Developmental Perspectives on Mind, Brain, and Behavior
ISBN: 9780262551892
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: April 30, 2024
An overview of current research at the intersection of psychology and biology, integrating evolutionary and developmental data and explanations.
The Targeting System of Language
ISBN: 9780262551793
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: April 9, 2024
A proposal that a single linguistic/cognitive system, “targeting,” underlies two domains of reference, anaphora (speech-internal) and deixis (speech-external).
Animal Thinking
Contemporary Issues in Comparative Cognition
ISBN: 9780262551496
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: March 19, 2024
Experts from psychology, neuroscience, philosophy, ecology, and evolutionary biology assess the field of animal cognition.
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.
Hallucination
Philosophy and Psychology
ISBN: 9780262551434
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: March 12, 2024
Scientific and philosophical perspectives on hallucination: essays that draw on empirical evidence from psychology, neuroscience, and cutting-edge philosophical theory.
The Spider's Thread
Metaphor in Mind, Brain, and Poetry
ISBN: 9780262551472
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: March 12, 2024
An examination of metaphor in poetry as a microcosm of the human imagination—a way to understand the mechanisms of creativity.
Language vs. Reality
Why Language Is Good for Lawyers and Bad for Scientists
ISBN: 9780262548465
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: March 5, 2024
A fascinating examination of how we are both played by language and made by language: the science underlying the bugs and features of humankind's greatest invention.
The Ghost in the Addict
ISBN: 9780262547970
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: March 5, 2024
How withdrawal distress and cravings can haunt current and former addicts, and what they can teach us about addiction and its treatments.
The Feeling of Space
ISBN: 9780262049368
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: December 31, 2024
A richly illustrated exploration of humanity's drive to shape life as a spatial project, from Plato's time to the digital era.
Cognitive Biology
Evolutionary and Developmental Perspectives on Mind, Brain, and Behavior
ISBN: 9780262551892
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: April 30, 2024
An overview of current research at the intersection of psychology and biology, integrating evolutionary and developmental data and explanations.
The Targeting System of Language
ISBN: 9780262551793
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: April 9, 2024
A proposal that a single linguistic/cognitive system, “targeting,” underlies two domains of reference, anaphora (speech-internal) and deixis (speech-external).
Animal Thinking
Contemporary Issues in Comparative Cognition
ISBN: 9780262551496
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: March 19, 2024
Experts from psychology, neuroscience, philosophy, ecology, and evolutionary biology assess the field of animal cognition.
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.
Hallucination
Philosophy and Psychology
ISBN: 9780262551434
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: March 12, 2024
Scientific and philosophical perspectives on hallucination: essays that draw on empirical evidence from psychology, neuroscience, and cutting-edge philosophical theory.
The Spider's Thread
Metaphor in Mind, Brain, and Poetry
ISBN: 9780262551472
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: March 12, 2024
An examination of metaphor in poetry as a microcosm of the human imagination—a way to understand the mechanisms of creativity.
Language vs. Reality
Why Language Is Good for Lawyers and Bad for Scientists
ISBN: 9780262548465
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: March 5, 2024
A fascinating examination of how we are both played by language and made by language: the science underlying the bugs and features of humankind's greatest invention.
The Ghost in the Addict
ISBN: 9780262547970
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: March 5, 2024
How withdrawal distress and cravings can haunt current and former addicts, and what they can teach us about addiction and its treatments.