'a pop science classic' (John Walsh, Independent on Sunday)
Popular science writing at its best, on a topic of universal interest
Includes some of the very latest research in AI and neuroscience
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Written by one of the few academics worldwide who specializes in the area, this is the only short introduction to Buddhist ethics available.
Addresses controversial contemporary ethical issues from ... 続きを読む
20世紀の人気作家、フランツ・カフカ(1883-1924年)。代表作の『変身』に照らし、罪と絶望、贖い、そして愛といったテーマに取り組んだカフカ文学を、身体、制度、宗教などを軸に読み解きます。伝記的事実や時代的・文化的背景、創作技法の特徴もおさえつつ、カフカ理解の基本となるポイントを目配りよくまとめています。カフカの愛読者はもとより、これからその世界に触れようという読者にもお薦めです。(cf. T ... 続きを読む
Written by Simon Blackburn, author of the best-selling Think
Short, lively, humorous, and accessible
Unique combination of depth, rigor and sparkling prose
Ethics is the area of philosophy which ... 続きを読む
Chaucer lived through a period of extraordinary upheaval: a protracted war with France, devastating plague, the peasants' revolt, religious controversy, and the overthrow of the king. Compact and com ... 続きを読む
Presents an intellectual case for atheism that rests as much upon positive arguments for its truth as on negative arguments against religion
Shows how a life without religious belief can be positiv ... 続きを読む