Brains, it has recently been argued, are essentially prediction machines. They are bundles
of cells that support perception and action by constantly attempting to match incoming …

Depression is characterized by disturbed sleep and eating, a variety of other nonspecific
somatic symptoms, and significant somatic comorbidities. Why there is such close …

" A supremely enjoyable, intoxicating work."—Nature How did we come to have minds? For
centuries, poets, philosophers, psychologists, and physicists have wondered how the …

The article positions the author's work as speculative design but—like the term design
fictions—is open to several interpretations. How is the fictional character of such work …

“The best new book I've read.”—Richard Dawkins, New York Times Book Review Over a
storied career, Daniel C. Dennett has engaged questions about science and the workings of …

Although most people value humor, philosophers have said little about it, and what they
have said is largely critical. Three traditional theories of laughter and humor are examined …

Most of us laugh at something funny multiple times during a typical day. Humor serves
multiple purposes, and although there is a sizable and expanding research literature on the …

Extensively updated to include clinical findings over the last two decades, this third edition of
A Practitioner's Guide to Rational-Emotive Behavior Therapy reviews the philosophy, theory …

'Metaphor', a form of figurative language in which one thing or idea is expressed in terms of
another, is becoming an increasingly popular area of study, as it is relevant to the work of …

In recent years, scientists have increasingly taken to investigate the predictive nature of
cognition. We argue that prediction relies on abstraction, and thus theories of predictive …