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  • Truly Human Enhancement

    A Philosophical Defense of Limits

    door Nicholas Agar ...
    Serie series Basic Bioethics
    A nuanced discussion of human enhancement that argues for enhancement that does not significantly exceed what is currently possible for human beings.The transformative potential of genetic and cybernetic technologies to enhance human capabilities is most often either rejected on moral and prudential grounds or hailed as the future salvation of humanity. In this book, Nicholas Agar offers a more ... Meer lezen

    28,93 €

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  • Free Will

    door Sam Harris ...
    From the New York Times bestselling author of The End of Faith, a thought-provoking, “brilliant and witty” (Oliver Sacks) look at the notion of free will—and the implications that it is an illusion.A belief in free will touches nearly everything that human beings value. It is difficult to think about law, politics, religion, public policy, intimate relationships, morality—as well as feelings of ... Meer lezen

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  • This Will Make You Smarter

    150 New Scientific Concepts to Improve Your Thinking

    door John Brockman ...
    Serie series Edge Question Series
    Featuring a foreword by David Brooks, This Will Make You Smarter presents brilliant—but accessible—scientific concepts to expand every mind.What scientific concept would improve everybody’s cognitive toolkit? This is the question John Brockman, publisher of Edge.org, posed to the world’s most influential thinkers. Their visionary answers flow from the frontiers of psychology, philosophy, economics ... Meer lezen

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  • This Will Change Everything

    Ideas That Will Shape the Future

    door John Brockman ...
    Serie series Edge Question Series
    “This Will Change Everything offers seemingly radical but actually feasible ideas with the potential to change the world.”—Jared Diamond, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Guns, Germs, and SteelEditor John Brockman continues in the same vein as his popular compilations What Are You Optimistic About and What Have You Changed Your Mind About with This Will Change Everything. Brockman asks 150 ... Meer lezen

    9,99 €

  • This Idea Must Die

    Scientific Theories That Are Blocking Progress

    door John Brockman ...
    Serie series Edge Question Series
    The bestselling editor of This Explains Everything brings together 175 of the world’s most brilliant minds to tackle Edge.org’s 2014 question: What scientific idea has become a relic blocking human progress?Each year, John Brockman, publisher of Edge.org—”The world’s smartest website” (The Guardian)—challenges some of the world’s greatest scientists, artists, and philosophers to answer a ... Meer lezen

    10,99 €

  • The Blank Slate

    The Modern Denial of Human Nature

    door Steven Pinker ...
    'A passionate defence of the enduring power of human nature ... both life-affirming and deeply satisfying' Daily TelegraphRecently many people have assumed that we are blank slates shaped by our environment. But this denies the heart of our being: human nature. Violence is not just a product of society; male and female minds are different; the genes we give our children shape them more than our ... Meer lezen

    11,99 €

  • This Will Make You Smarter

    door John Brockman ...
    Over 150 of the world's leading scientists and thinkers offer their choice of the ideas, strategies and arguments that will help all of us understand our world, and its future, better.Includes contributions from:Richard Dawkins, Stephen Pinker, Daniel Dennett, Clay Shirky, Daniel Goleman, Sam Harris, Lee Smolin, Matt Ridley, Mark Henderson, David Rowan, Sir Martin Rees, Craig Venter, Brian Eno, ... Meer lezen

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  • The Strange Order of Things

    Life, Feeling, and the Making of Cultures

    door Antonio Damasio ...
    From one of our preeminent neuroscientists: a landmark reflection that spans the biological and social sciences, offering a new way of understanding the origins of life, feeling, and culture.The Strange Order of Things is a pathbreaking investigation into homeostasis, the condition of that regulates human physiology within the range that makes possible not only the survival but also the ... Meer lezen

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  • This Idea Is Brilliant

    Lost, Overlooked, and Underappreciated Scientific Concepts Everyone Should Know

    door John Brockman ...
    Serie series Edge Question Series
    Brilliant but overlooked ideas you must know, as revealed by today’s most innovative mindsWhat scientific term or concept ought to be more widely known? That is the question John Brockman, publisher of the acclaimed science salon Edge.org (“The world’s smartest website”—The Guardian), presented to 205 of the world’s most influential thinkers from across the intellectual spectrum—award-winning ... Meer lezen

    9,99 €

  • The Atheist's Guide to Reality: Enjoying Life without Illusions

    Enjoying Life without Illusions

    door Alex Rosenberg ...
    A book for nonbelievers who embrace the reality-driven life.We can't avoid the persistent questions about the meaning of life-and the nature of reality. Philosopher Alex Rosenberg maintains that science is the only thing that can really answer them—all of them. His bracing and ultimately upbeat book takes physics seriously as the complete description of reality and accepts all its consequences. He ... Meer lezen

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