Highlights•Cognitive psychology and cultural psychology both examine the influence of
experience on human thought, but there has been scant communication between the two …

During the last few years a number of articles and books have appeared that signal the
emergence of a novel approach to the role of theory in sociology. Instead of equating theory …

When we talk at an intuitive level about “symmetries of nature” we usually have in mind
objects that have perfectly symmetrical shapes; for example, the geometric symmetry of …

Why did such highly abstract ideas as truth, knowledge, or justice become so important to
us? What was the point of coming to think in these terms? In The Practical Origins of Ideas …

Our thoughts depend on knowledge about objects, people, properties, and events. To think
about where we left our keys, what we are going to make for dinner, when we last fed the …

This is a book about the human propensity to think about and experience the world through
stories.'Why do we have stories?','How do stories create meaning for us?', and 'How is …

Mathematics is one of the most powerful conceptual systems developed and used by the
human species. Dreams of automated mathematicians have a storied history in artificial …

Centered on molecule-based energy carriers, policy challenges of phase-two Energy
Transition (ET2) differ significantly from the electricity-centric ones (ET1) met by Europe so …

Visual knowledge is a new form of knowledge representation that can encapsulate visual
concepts and their relations in a succinct, comprehensive, and interpretable manner, with a …

The words of a language reflect the structure of the human mind, allowing us to transmit
thoughts between individuals. However, language can represent only a subset of our rich …