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 …

Given that natural selection is so powerful at optimizing complex adaptations, why does it
seem unable to eliminate genes (susceptibility alleles) that predispose to common, harmful …

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

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 …

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

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 …

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 …

Social psychologist James Waller uncovers the internal and external factors that can lead
ordinary people to commit extraordinary acts of evil. Waller offers a sophisticated and …

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 …