This bookis a bridge between ecological paradigms – organismal/community approaches to food web dynamics and ecosystem-level approaches to production. The unification of organismal, community, and ecosystem approaches in ecology is emerging due to the growing availability of new techniques for assessing trophic interactions and their implications for ecosystems. Trophic Ecology is a formal text for both newcomers to the discipline as well as seasoned professionals looking ...

Chartered in 1869, Southern Illinois University has been a stalwart presence on the southern Illinois landscape for a century and a half. This book celebrates the 150th anniversary of the university’s founding by exploring in depth its history since 1969, when the last book to celebrate a major anniversary was published.Chapters reflect on SIU’s successful athletics program, the various colleges and departments within the university, the diverse holdings and collections of the libr...

'A work of engaging pop philosophy and accessible social science [and] a boisterous dissection of the forces jellifying our minds' Sunday TimesIncludes brand new material covering the US election and BrexitEvery day, many people will try to change your mind, but they won't reason with you. Instead, you'll be nudged, anchored, incentivised and manipulated in barely noticeable ways. It's a profound shift in the way we interact with one...

The Story of Philosophy sees philosophy for what it is: a passionate, exhilarating quest for human understanding that cannot be reduced to dry categories or simple definitions. It's a story with plot twists, a murder, accidental discoveries, disastrous love affairs, geniuses, idiots, monks, and vagabonds. At the heart of it all are the ideas and obsessions that have captured great thinkers from the very beginning.Packed with intriguing anecdotes and fascinating detail, James Garvey...

Philosophie ist die Liebe zur Weisheit - dem Namen und der Sache nach. Sie beschäftigt sich mit den "großen" Fragen: Was ist die Natur der Welt? Was ist das Wesen des Menschen? Was sind die Bedingungen und Möglichkeiten des Wissens? Was ist sittlich gutes Handeln? Was ist der Sinn des Lebens? Dieses Buch stellt 37 bedeutende Philosophen der westlichen Welt aus allen Epochen vor - von Sokrates über Thomas von Aquin, Descartes, Leibnitz, Kant und Nietzsche bis zu den Denkern des zwanzigsten ...

The Great Philosophers traces the biggest and most influential thoughts in philosophy's long stride through history, beginning with the Ancient Greeks and Early Romans, the first philosophical thinkers in the West, to whom much is owed.How their concerns became the concerns of those who followed is clearly laid out, as is the way their answers shaped what we now recognize as philosophy. The medieval philosophers are also represented, combining their religi...

The Birch kids continue their adventures in the mountains of the scenic New England countryside. In the long avoided castle in the White Mountains, a mysterious man visits and invites the town to a Halloween costume party. Is his intention to help the town or seal the fate of the residents?

Th Birch kids discover there is something hidden in the rich and beautiful Monterey Bay. They know the sea otters are protecting it. But they are not alone in their quest to find what it is. Pirates still haunt the bay looking for the treasure and fending off any curious kids with a sea and land creaturea that that are thought to be only myths. Will the kids survive?

"Open this book and James Garvey is right there making real sense to you... in a necessary conversation, capturing you to the very end."*-*Ted Honderich, Grote Professor Emeritus of The Philosophy of Mind & Logic, University College London, UK.James Garvey argues that the ultimate rationale for action on climate change cannot be simply economic, political, scientific or social, though our decisions should be informed by such things. Instead, climate change is largely a moral proble...

Featuring thirteen specially commissioned chapters on core subjects, The Bloomsbury Companion to Philosophy of Mind is an essential tool for all those studying and working in the field, purpose-built for use on courses in this area of philosophy.Beginning with 'How to Use this Book' the Companion includes overviews of perennial problems and new directions in contemporary philosophy of mind, an extended glossary of terms for quick reference, a detailed chronology, a guide t...

What exists? How do we know? What are we going to do about it?These three questions are at the heart of philosophical enquiry, an endeavour which has stretched more than two thousand years. It's multiple branches, including ethics, aesthetics, epistemology and theology, have been pondered over by many a philosopher, and this series from The Independent introduces some of these great minds.The ideas of these wide-ranging philosophers will be examined, alongside thei...

What exists? How do we know? What are we going to do about it?These three questions are at the heart of philosophical enquiry, an endeavour which has stretched more than two thousand years. It's multiple branches, including ethics, aesthetics, epistemology and theology, have been pondered over by many a philosopher, and this series from The Independent introduces some of these great minds.The ideas of these wide-ranging philosophers will be examined, alongside thei...