The Scientific AttitudeDefending Science from Denial, Fraud, and Pseudoscience Lee McIntyre An argument that what makes science distinc-tive is its emphasis on evidence and scientists’ willingness to change theories on the basis of new evidence. May 2019 | $27.95 | £22.00 | 296 pp. | cloth | 9780262039833

An Instinct for TruthCuriosity and the Moral Character of ScienceRobert T. PennockAn exploration of the scientific mindset—such character virtues as curiosity, veracity, at-tentiveness, and humility to evidence—and its importance for science, democracy, and human flourishing.July 2019 | $45.00 | £35.00 | 448 pp. | cloth | 9780262042581

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PseudoscienceThe Conspiracy Against ScienceEdited by Allison B. Kaufman and James C. KaufmanMarch 2019 | $34.95 | £27.00 | 536 pp. | paper | 9780262537049

The Tales Teeth Tell Development, Evolution, Behavior Tanya M. Smith What teeth can tell us about human evolution, development, and behavior. October 2018 | $29.95 | £24.00 | 296 pp. | cloth | 9780262038713

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Evolutionary Causation Biological and Philosophical Reflections Edited by Tobias Uller and Kevin N. LalandA comprehensive treatment of the concept of causation in evolutionary biology that makes clear its central role in both historical and con-temporary debates. September 2019 | $60.00 | £47.00 | 360 pp. | cloth 9780262039925

Rock, Bone, and Ruin An Optimist’s Guide to the Historical Sciences Adrian Currie2018 | $35.00 | £27.00 | 376 pp. | cloth | 9780262037266 Life and Mind: Philosophical Issues in Biology and Psychology Series

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A Brain for Numbers The Biology of the Number Instinct Andreas NiederHow our intuitive understanding of numbers is deeply rooted in our biology, traceable through both evolution and development. November 2019 | $34.95 | £27.00 | 344 pp. | cloth 9780262042789

Kinds Come FirstAge, Gender, Class, and Ethnicity Give Meaning to MeasuresJerome KaganAn argument that the meaning of a psychologi-cal or biological measure depends on the age, gender class, and ethnicity of the human subject.August 2019 | $30.00 | £24.00 | 216 pp. | cloth | 9780262042932

Handbook of Embodied Cognition and Sport Psychology Edited by Massimiliano L. Cappuccio The first systematic collaboration between cognitive scientists and sports psychologists considers the mind–body relationship from the perspective of athletic skill and sports practice. January 2019 | $85.00 | £66.00 | 808 pp. | cloth | 9780262038508

Taming UncertaintyRalph Hertwig, Timothy J. Pleskac and Thorsten PachurAn examination of the cognitive tools that the mind uses to grapple with uncertainty in the real world. July 2019 | $50.00 | £40.00 | 488 pp. | cloth | 9780262039871

Responsible BrainsNeuroscience, Law, and Human Culpability William Hirstein, Katrina L. Si�erd and Tyler K. Fagan An examination of the relationship between the brain and culpability that o ers a comprehensive neuroscientific theory of human responsibility. December 2018 | $45.00 | £35.00 | 304 pp. | cloth | 9780262038782

What’s Left of Human Nature? A Post-Essentialist, Pluralist, and Interactive Account of a Contested Concept Maria Kronfeldner A philosophical account of human nature that defends the concept against dehumanization, Darwinian, and developmentalist challenges. October 2018 | $45.00 | £35.00 | 336 pp. | cloth | 9780262038416

Analyzing MemoryThe Formation, Retention, and Measurement of Memory Richard A. Chechile An accessible synthesis of memory research that discusses the creation of memory represen-tations, the processes of storage and retrieval, and the e ectiveness of encoding information. October 2018 | $65.00 | £50.00 | 632 pp. | cloth | 9780262038423

The Importance of Small Decisions Michael J. O’Brien, R. Alexander Bentley and William A. Brock How people make decisions in an era of too much information and fake news. March 2019 | $24.95 | £20.00 | 160 pp. | cloth | 9780262039741 Simplicity: Design, Technology, Business, Life Series

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Translating HappinessA Cross-Cultural Lexicon of Well-Being Tim Lomas How embracing untranslatable terms for well-being—from the Finnish sisu to the Yiddish mensch—can enrich our emotional understand-ing and experience. February 2019 | $17.95 | £13.99 | 240 pp. | paper | 9780262537087

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Human Language From Genes to Behavior Edited by Peter HagoortA unique overview of the human language faculty at all levels of organization. October 2019 | $150.00 | £116.00 | 848 pp. | cloth 9780262042635

Changing Minds Changing Tools From Learning Theory to Language Acquisition to Language Change Vsevolod Kapatsinski A book that uses domain-general learning theory to explain recurrent trajectories of lan-guage change. July 2018 | $45.00 | £35.00 | 392 pp. | cloth | 9780262037860

Linguistic BodiesThe Continuity between Life and Language Ezequiel A. Di Paolo, Elena Clare Cu�ari and Hanne De Jaegher A novel theoretical framework for an embodied, non-representational approach to language that extends and deepens enactive theory, bridging the gap between sensorimotor skills and language. November 2018 | $30.00 | £24.00 | 432 pp. | cloth | 9780262038164

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A Course in Semantics Daniel Altshuler, Terence Parsons and Roger SchwarzschildAn introductory text in linguistic semantics, uniquely balancing empirical coverage and formalism with development of intuition and methodology. September 2019 | $45.00 | £35.00 | 248 pp. | Hardcover 9780262042772 T

Getting ThroughThe Pleasures and Perils of Cross-Cultural Communication Roger Kreuz and Richard Roberts August 2018 | $17.95 | £13.99 | 304 pp. | paper | 9780262536097

The Evolving Animal OrchestraIn Search of What Makes Us Musical Henkjan Honing A music researcher’s quest to discover other musical species. March 2019 | $27.95 | £22.00 | 160 pp. | cloth | 9780262039321

Foundations in Music Psychology Theory and Research Edited by Peter Jason Rentfrow and Daniel J. Levitin A state-of-the-art overview of the latest theory and research in music psychology, written by leaders in the field. March 2019 | $130.00 | £100.00 | 960 pp. | cloth | 9780262039277 T

Interactive Task Learning Humans, Robots, and Agents Acquiring New Tasks through Natural Interactions Edited by Kevin A. Gluck and John E. LairdExperts from a range of disciplines explore how humans and artificial agents can quickly learn completely new tasks through natural interac-tions with each other. August 2019 | $45.00 | £35.00 | 344 pp. | cloth | 9780262038829 Strüngmann Forum Reports Series

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Changing Minds How Aging A�ects Language and How Language A�ects Aging Roger Kreuz and Richard RobertsWhy language ability remains resilient and how it shapes our lives. October 2019 | $27.95 | £22.50 | 288 pp. | Hardcover 9780262042598

E¥cient Cognition The Evolution of Representational Decision Making Armin W. SchulzAn argument that representational decision making is more cognitively e�cient, allowing an organism to adjust more easily to changes in the environment. 2018 | $45.00 | £35.00 | 280 pp. | cloth | 9780262037600

The Anxious Mind An Investigation into the Varieties and Virtues of Anxiety Charlie KurthAn empirically informed, philosophical account of the nature of anxiety and its value for agency, virtue, and decision making. 2018 | $35.00 | £27.00 | 264 pp. | coth | 9780262037655

Qualitative RepresentationsHow People Reason and Learn about the Continuous World Kenneth D. Forbus An argument that qualitative representations—symbolic representations that carve continuous phenomena into meaningful units—are central to human cognition. January 2019 | $60.00 | £47.00 | 440 pp. | cloth | 9780262038942

Emergent Brain DynamicsPrebirth to Adolescence Edited by April A. Benasich and Urs Ribary Experts explore the maturation of nonlinear brain dynamics from a developmental perspective and consider the relationship of neurodevelopmental disorders to early disruption in dynamic coordination. July 2018 | $50.00 | £40.00 | 344 pp. | cloth | 9780262038638 Strüngmann Forum Reports Series

An Introductory Course in Computational NeurosciencePaul MillerA textbook for students with limited background in mathematics and computer coding, emphasizing computer tutorials that guide readers in producing models of neural behavior.October 2018 | $50.00 | £40.00 | 408 pp. | cloth | 9780262038256 T Computational Neuroscience Series

The Spontaneous BrainFrom the Mind–Body to the World–Brain Problem Georg Northo� An argument for a Copernican revolution in our consideration of mental features—a shift in which the world-brain problem supersedes the mind-body problem. October 2018 | $50.00 | £40.00 | 536 pp. | cloth 9780262038072

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The Promise of Artificial IntelligenceReckoning and JudgmentBrian Cantwell SmithAn argument that—despite dramatic advances in the field—artificial intelligence is nowhere near developing systems that are genuinely intelligent.October 2019 | $24.95 | £20.00 | 184 pp. | cloth 9780262043045

How Attention Works Finding Your Way in a World Full of Distraction Stefan Van der Stigchel How we filter out what is irrelevant so we can focus on what we need to know. March 2019 | $24.95 | £20.00 | 152 pp. | cloth | 9780262039260

The Visual World of Shadows Roberto Casati and Patrick Cavanagh How the perception of shadows, studied by vi-sion scientists and visual artists, reveals the inner workings of the visual system. May 2019 | $45.00 S | £35.00 | 408 pp. | cloth | 9780262039581

The Spider’s ThreadMetaphor in Mind, Brain, and Poetry Keith J. Holyoak An examination of metaphor in poetry as a microcosm of the human imagination—a way to understand the mechanisms of creativity. February 2019 | $35.00 | £27.00 | 288 pp. | cloth 9780262039222

The Genius Checklist Dean Keith Simonton Nine Paradoxical Tips on How You Can Become a Creative Genius

What it takes to be a genius: nine essential and contradictory ingredients. October 2018 | $27.95 | £22.00 | 336 pp. | cloth | 9780262038119

Experiencing the Impossible The Science of Magic Gustav Kuhn How the scientific study of magic reveals intrigu-ing—and often unsettling—insights into the mysteries of the human mind. March 2019 | $27.95 | £20.00 | 296 pp. | cloth | 9780262039468

From Fingers to Digits An Artificial Aesthetic Margaret A. Boden and Ernest A. EdmondsEssays on computer art and its relation to more traditional art, by a pioneering practitioner and a philosopher of artificial intelligence. July 2019 | $50.00 | £40.00 | 384 pp. | cloth | 9780262039628 Leonardo Book Series

Power and Care Toward Balance for Our Common Future—Science, Society, and Spirituality Edited by Tania Singer, Matthieu Ricard and Kate Karius Leading thinkers from a range of disciplines discuss the compatibility of power and care, in conversation with the Dalai Lama. April 2019 | $27.95 | £22.00 | 224 pp. | cloth | 9780262039529

Beyond the Self Conversations between Buddhism and Neuroscience Matthieu Ricard and Wolf Singer Converging and diverging views on the mind, the self, consciousness, the unconscious, free will, perception, meditation, and other topics. November 2018 | $17.95 | £13.99 | 296 pp. | paper 9780262536141

How to Be Human in the Digital Economy Nicholas Agar An argument in favor of finding a place for humans (and humanness) in the future digital economy. March 2019 | $26.95 | £21.00 | 232 pp. | cloth | 9780262038744

New Methuselahs The Ethics of Life Extension John K. DavisAn examination of the ethical issues raised by the possibility of human life extension, including its desirability, unequal access, and the threat of overpopulation.July 2018 | $40.00 | £30.00 | 368 pp. | cloth | 9780262038133

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Material and Mind Christopher BardtAn in-depth exploration of the interaction between mind and material world, mediated by language, image, and making—in design, the arts, culture, and science. September 2019 | $34.95 | £28.00 | 392 pp. | Hardcover 9780262042727 T

Robot Rights David J. GunkelA provocative attempt to think about what was previously considered unthinkable: a serious philosophical case for the rights of robots. November 2018 | $35.00 | £27.00 | 256 pp. | cloth 9780262038621

Robot Sex Social and Ethical Implications Edited by John Danaher and Neil McArthurSeptember 2018 | $19.95 | £14.99 | 328 pp. | paper | 9780262536028

How History Gets Things WrongThe Neuroscience of Our Addiction to Stories Alex Rosenberg Why we learn the wrong things from narrative history, and how our love for stories is hard-wired. October 2018 | $27.95 | £22.00 | 304 pp. | cloth 9780262038577

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The Evolution of the Sensitive SoulLearning and the Origins of Consciousness Simona Ginsburg and Eva Jablonka A new theory about the origins of consciousness that fi nds learning to be the driving force in the evolutionary transition to basic consciousness. March 2019 | $50.00 | £40.00 | 640 pp. | cloth | 9780262039307

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Sca� olded Minds Integration and Disintegration Somogy VargaA comprehensive account of cognitive sca  old-ing and its signifi cance for understanding mental disorders. August 2019 | $40.00 | £30.00 | 288 pp. | cloth | 9780262042628 Philosophical Psychopathology Series

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The Feeling of Life Itself Why Consciousness Is Widespread but Can’t Be Computed Christof KochAn argument that consciousness, more wide-spread than previously assumed, is the feeling of being alive, not a type of computation or a clever hack. September 2019 | $27.95 | £22.00 | 272 pp. | cloth9780262042819

The Shared WorldPerceptual Common Knowledge, Demonstra-tive Communication, and Social Space Axel Seeman A novel treatment of the capacity for shared attention, joint action, and perceptual common knowledge. April 2019 | $40.00 | £30.00 | 248 pp. | cloth | 9780262039796

The Bodily SelfSelected EssaysJosé Luis BermúdezEssays on the role of the body in self-con-sciousness, showing that full-fl edged, linguistic self-consciousness is built on a rich foundation of primitive, nonconceptual self-consciousness. 2018| $40.00 | £30.00 | 312 pp. | cloth | 9780262037501

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Hume’s Problem SolvedThe Optimality of Meta-Induction Gerhard SchurzA new approach to Hume’s problem of induction that justifi es the optimality of induction at the level of meta-induction. May 2019 | $60.00 | £47.00 | 400 pp. | cloth | 9780262039727

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A Theory of Jerks and Other Philosophical Misadventures Eric SchwitzgebelA collection of quirky, entertaining, and reader-friendly short pieces on philosophical topics that range from a theory of jerks to the ethics of ethicists. October 2019 | $27.95 | £22.00 | 400 pp. | cloth | 9780262043090

On the Brink of Paradox Highlights from the Intersection of Philosophy and Mathematics Agustín Rayo An introduction to awe-inspiring ideas at the brink of paradox: infi nities of di  erent sizes, time travel, probability and measure theory, and computability theory.April 2019 | $45.00 | £35.00 | 320 pp. | cloth | 9780262039413 T

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NihilismNolen GertzAn examination of the meaning of meaningless-ness: why it matters that nothing matters.September 2019 | $15.95 | £12.99 | 224 pp. | paper | 9780262537179 The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series

Three Philosophical PoetsLucretius, Dante, and Goethe, Critical Edition, Volume 8 Reason in Science, Volume VIII George SantayanaEdited by Kellie Dawson and David E. SpiechIntroduction by James Seaton

Santayana’s argument for the unity of philosophy and poetry. July 2019 | $75.00 | £60.00 | 280 pp. | cloth | 9780262043359

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Understanding IgnoranceThe Surprising Impact of What We Don’t Know Daniel R. DeNicola An exploration of what we can know about what we don’t know: why ignorance is more than simply a lack of knowledge.

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True Enough Catherine Z. ElginThe development of an epistemology that explains how science and art embody and convey understanding. 2017 | $35.00 | £27.00 | 352 pp. | cloth | 9780262036535

Experienced Wholeness Integrating Insights from Gestalt Theory, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Predictive Processing Wanja WieseAn interdisciplinary account of phenomenal unity, investigating how experiential wholes can be characterized and how such characterizations can be analyzed computationally. 2018 | $50.00 | £40.00 | 368 pp. | cloth | 9780262036993

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Fables and Futures Biotechnology, Disability, and the Stories We Tell Ourselves George Estreich How new biomedical technologies—from prenatal testing to gene-editing techniques—re-quire us to imagine who counts as human and what it means to belong. March 2019 | $27.95 | £22.00 | 240 pp. | cloth | 9780262039567

Blueprint How DNA Makes Us Who We Are Robert Plomin A top behavioral geneticist makes the case that DNA inherited from our parents at the moment of conception can predict our psychological strengths and weaknesses. November 2018 | $27.95 | £22.00 | 280 pp. | cloth 9780262039161(For sale in North America only)

The Structure of Moral RevolutionsRobert Baker A theoretical account of moral revolutions, illustrated by historical cases that include the criminalization and decriminalization of abortion and the patient rebellion against medical paternalism.December 2019 | $45.00 | £35.00 | 320 pp. | cloth9780262043083

Re-Reasoning Ethics The Rationality of Deliberation and Judgment in Ethics By Barry Ho� master and Cli� HookerHow developing a more expansive, non-formal conception of reason produces richer ethical understandings of human situations, explored and illustrated with many real examples. 2018 | $45.00 | £35.00 | 320 pp. | cloth | 9780262037693 Basic Bioethics Series

Choosing Down Syndrome Ethics and New Prenatal Testing Technologies Chris KaposyAn argument that more people should have children with Down syndrome, written from a pro-choice, disability-positive perspective. 2018 | $27.95 | £22.00 | 240 pp. | cloth | 9780262037716 Basic Bioethics Series

A² icted How Vulnerability Can Heal Medical Education and Practice Nicole M. PiemonteHow medical education and practice can move beyond a narrow focus on biological interven-tion to recognize the lived experiences of illness, su  ering, and death. 2018 | $35.00 | £27.00 | 304 pp. | coth | 9780262037396 Basic Bioethics Series

The Craft of DyingThe Modern Face of Death Lyn H. Lofl and The fortieth-anniversary edition of a classic and prescient work on death and dying. Distributed for Strange Attractor PressApril 2019 | $19.95 | £14.99 | 168 pp. | paper | 9780262537346

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