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The Mark of the Sacred
Jean-Pierre Dupuy, prophet of what he calls "enlightened doomsaying," has long warned that modern society is on a path to self-destruction. In this book, he pleads for a subversion …
A Short Treatise on the Metaphysics of Tsunamis
In 1755 the city of Lisbon was destroyed by a terrible earthquake. Almost 250 years later, an earthquake beneath the Indian Ocean unleashed a tsunami whose devastating effects were …
Behavioral Economics and Nuclear Weapons
Recent discoveries in psychology and neuroscience have improved our understanding of why our decision making processes fail to match standard social science assumptions about …
War That Must Not Occur
The possibility of a nuclear war that could destroy civilization has influenced the course of international affairs since 1945, suspended like a sword of Damocles above the heads …
How to Think About Catastrophe
During the last century humanity acquired the ability to destroy itself. The direct approach to destruction can be seen in such facts as the ever-present threat of nuclear war, but …
Mark of the Sacred
Jean-Pierre Dupuy, prophet of what he calls "e;enlightened doomsaying,"e; has long warned that modern society is on a path to self-destruction. In this book, he pleads for …
On the Origins of Cognitive Science
An examination of the fundamental role cybernetics played in the birth of cognitive science and the light this sheds on current controversies.The conceptual history of cognitive …
L'Evangile selon ton père
The War That Must Not Occur
The possibility of a nuclear war that could destroy civilization has influenced the course of international affairs since 1945, suspended like a sword of Damocles above the heads …
Short Treatise on the Metaphysics of Tsunamis
In 1755 the city of Lisbon was destroyed by a terrible earthquake. Almost 250 years later, an earthquake beneath the Indian Ocean unleashed a tsunami whose devastating effects were …
Les savants croient-ils en leurs théories ?
Bousculant les frontières entre disciplines, entre philosophie et sciences, entre sciences de la nature et sciences humaines, entre sciences et techniques, les sciences cognitives …
Mechanization of the Mind
In March 1946, some of the greatest minds of the twentieth century--among them John von Neumann, Norbert Wiener, Warren McCulloch, and Walter Pitts--gathered at the Beekman Hotel …