ABSTRACT A number of recent hypotheses have attempted to explain the ultimate
evolutionary origins of laughter and humor. However, most of these have lacked breadth in …

Humans possess great capacity for behavioral and cultural change, but our ability to
manage change is still limited. This article has two major objectives: first, to sketch a basic …

“This is an important book and likely the most thoughtful of the year in the social sciences...
Highly recommended, it is likely to prove one of the most thought-provoking books of the …

In this book Linda Trinkaus Zagzebski gives an extended argument that the self-reflective
person is committed to belief on authority. Epistemic authority is compatible with autonomy …

Brian Boyd explains why we tell stories and how our minds are shaped to understand them.
After considering art as adaptation, Boyd examines Homer's Odyssey and Dr. Seuss's …

This study advances a model for Critical Discourse Analysis which draws on Evolutionary
Psychology and Cognitive Linguistics, applied in a critical analysis of immigration discourse …

Since its first edition, An Introduction to Theories of Learning has provided a uniquely
sweeping review of the major learning theories from the 20th century that profoundly …

In this book, Carl Bereiter--a distinguished and well-known cognitive, educational
psychologist--presents what he calls" a new way of thinking about knowledge and the mind." …

Jesse Prinz argues that recent work in philosophy, neuroscience, and anthropology
supports two radical hypotheses about the nature of morality: moral values are based on …

Blakey Vermeule wonders how readers become involved in the lives of fictional characters,
people they know do not exist. Vermeule examines the ways in which readers' experiences …