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Human beings are not model epistemic citizens. Our reasoning can be careless and uncritical, and our beliefs, desires, and other attitudes aren't always as they ought rationally to be... Lees meer
Mitchell S. Green presents a systematic philosophical study of self-expression - a pervasive phenomenon of the everyday life of humans and other species, which has received scant attention in its own right... Lees meer
From the ideas of Clausewitz to contemporary doctrines of containment and cold war, this is a definitive history of modern military thought... Lees meer
Boethius composed the De Consolatione Philosophiae in the sixth century AD whilst awaiting death under torture, condemned on a charge of treason which he protested was manifestly unjust... Lees meer
The book is an intellectual history of the work of Western jurists from ancient Rome to the present. It discusses the Roman jurists, the medieval civilians and canon lawyers, the late scholastics, the natural law schools of the 17th and 18th centuries, the positivism and conceptualism of the 19th century and its influence on common law, and the reaction against conceptualism since the late 19th century... Lees meer
Designing Democracy in a Dangerous World addresses a question at the heart of contemporary global politics: how does one craft democracy in fragile and divided states? In Iraq and Afghanistan, spiraling conflict was driven in large part by the mistakes of institutional design in the immediate post-conflict period... Lees meer
The First Edition of the New Testament is a groundbreaking book that argues that the New Testament is not the product of a centuries-long process of development... Lees meer
Human behaviour is marvellous in its complexity, variability and unpredictability. Understanding it, however, is not solely the role of psychologists: everyone has a vested interest in it, from individuals to organisations and industry... Lees meer
At the launch of the Euro, predictions about what has been dubbed "Euroland" were mixed. Supporters say the unprecedented switch to a single currency will benefit business and consumers alike... Lees meer
Post-Conflict Peacebuilding comes at a critical time for post-conflict peacebuilding. Its rapid move towards the top of the international political agenda has been accompanied by added scrutiny, as the international community seeks to meet the multi-dimensional challenges of building a just and sustainable peace in societies ravaged by war... Lees meer
Is Ebonics really a dialect or simply bad English? Do women and men speak differently? Will computers ever really learn human language? Does offensive language harm children? These are only a few of the issues surrounding language that crop up every day... Lees meer
How does motivation work? The classic answer is that people are motivated to approach pleasure and avoid pain, that they are motivated by carrots and sticks... Lees meer
John Dupre explores recent revolutionary developments in biology and considers their relevance for our understanding of human nature and human society... Lees meer
The third edition of this book incorporates more than 10 years of fascinating dynamics since the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty... Lees meer
In the past two decades, there have been astonishing advances in our understanding of the neurobiological basis and nature of drug addiction... Lees meer
Many regard Albert Einstein as the greatest physicist since Newton. What exactly did he do that is so important in physics? We provide an introduction to his physics at a level accessible to an undergraduate physics student... Lees meer
Volds Theoretical Criminology, first published in 1958, was the first book of its kind and is considered the standard text in criminological theory by just about every measure... Lees meer
Gillian Brock develops a viable cosmopolitan model of global justice that takes seriously the equal moral worth of persons, yet leaves scope for defensible forms of nationalism and for other legitimate identifications and affiliations people have... Lees meer
The Thrive in Bioscience revision guides are written to help students achieve exam success in all core areas of bioscience... Lees meer
Early childhood development research offers solutions to several of the world's social and economic problems - solutions that can break the cycle of intergenerational poverty, improve the health, education, and wellbeing of the global population, and yield high rates of return on investment in the formative years of life... Lees meer