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Adam Kadlac

The Magic Kingdom and the Meaning of Life

What truths and life lessons can we take away from a seemingly trivial theme park in Orlando, Florida?Father and philosopher Adam Kadlac reflects on his own visits to Walt Disney World, arguing that Disne…

Paul B Thompson

What Is Agriculture For?

What Is Agriculture For? describes four contrasting rationales for technical and policy change in agriculture and food systems.

Leor Zmigrod

The Ideological Brain

Named a best book of the year by The Guardian and The Telegraph Why do some people become radicalized? How do ideologies shape the human brain? And how can we unchain our minds from toxic dogmas?In The Id…

Ellen Clarke

The Units of Life

In The Units of Life Ellen Clarke argues that our way of conceptualizing living things--of understanding the living world as carved up into numerous separate chunks--is best understood as idealization. Th…

Lois Shepherd, Margaret E Mohrmann

Welcome

Welcome: Patterns of the Moral Life proposes a transformative concept that places the act of welcoming at the core of ethical living and human flourishing. This radical approach asserts that welcome is no…

Stacy A Trasancos

Ivf Is Not the Way

In a May 2024 Pew poll, more than two-thirds of Americans indicated they thought that IVF (in vitro fertilization) is good and should be accessible to anyone who wants it. Even among social conservatives …

Årabrot

Norwegian Gothic

Product Information ÂRABROTS`s 9th full-length album Norwegian Gothic sees the band collaborate with Lars Horntveth (Jaga Jazzist), cellist Jo Quail, Tomas Järmyr (Motorpsycho), Anders Moller (Turbonegr…

Ben Lamm

The Elements of Civilization

By the cofounder and CEO of Colossal Biosciences, which recently gained global headlines for reviving the extinct dire wolf --- the first of many planned "de-extinction" projects, including wool…

N Katherine Hayles

Bacteria to AI

A new theory of mind that includes nonhuman and artificial intelligences.The much-lauded superiority of human intelligence has not prevented us from driving the planet into ecological disaster. For N. Kat…

Romain Brette

The Brain, in Theory

Why engineering and computational analogies are poorly suited to the study of biological cognitionMainstream theories of the brain are often expressed through engineering concepts---computation, code, con…

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Mike Dacey

Seven Challenges for the Science of Animal Minds

In Seven Challenges for the Science of Animal Minds, Dacey focuses on the best ways to scientifically study animal minds, providing novel treatments for seven specific challenges, while also developing a …

Steven Sloman

The Cost of Conviction

"A deep dive into the topic of sacred values and how they influence our individual decision making, group identity, and political discourse"--

Brandon Ambrosino

Is It God's Will?

" Brandon Ambrosino offers a compelling conversation about God's role in human affairs, and our response to God's sometimes mysterious activity." ― James Martin, SJ, New York Times bestselling a…

Robert George

Seeking Truth and Speaking Truth

A wide-ranging collection of essays from one of America's leading public intellectualsIn Seeking Truth and Speaking Truth acclaimed political philosopher and legal scholar Robert P. George tackles one of …

Stacy Alaimo

The Abyss Stares Back

In an era of accelerating extinctions, what does it mean to discover thousands of new species in the deep sea?As we see the catastrophic effects of the Anthropocene proliferate, advanced technologies also…

Jim Stump

The Sacred Chain

"In this marvelously accessible book, philosopher-Christian Jim Stump provides the reader with new eyes for a journey through time, the origin of the soul, suffering, and morality, and reveals how th…

Edward C Sellner

Kindred Spirits

Brilliant interweaving of American writers Thomas Merton and Jack Kerouac, and the influence of Buddhism upon themThis book is about two twentieth century giants: the Catholic monk and spiritual writer Th…

The Paradox of the Organism

The unity of the organism-an assembly of organs, tissues, cells, and genes working toward a common goal-has long been taken for granted. The essays in this collection pierce the organismal veil to conside…