In a groundbreaking new book that does for art what Stephen Pinker's" The Language
Instinct" did for linguistics, Denis Dutton overturns a century of art theory and criticism and …

Newton's bucket, Einstein's elevator, Schrödinger's cat–these are some of the best-known
examples of thought experiments in the natural sciences. But what function do these …

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As the founder and leading practitioner of" literary Darwinism," Joseph Carroll remains at the
forefront of a major movement in literary studies. Signaling key new developments in this …

After an introductory section, this article will focus on four questions: How should the Kyoto
School be defined? What is meant by its central philosophical concept of “absolute …

How game theory can offer insights into literary, historical, and philosophical texts ranging
from Macbeth to Supreme Court decisions. Game theory models are ubiquitous in …

Storylistening makes the case for the urgent need to take stories seriously in order to
improve public reasoning. Dillon and Craig provide a theory and practice for gathering …

This book helps to bridge the gap between science and literary scholarship. Building on
findings in the evolutionary human sciences, the authors construct a model of human nature …

Hans-Christian Ørsted introduced the term “thought experiment” to philosophy in 1811,
although it did not get much philosophical attention until the 1980s. This is therefore a …

Game theory—the study of how people make choices while interacting with others—is one
of the most popular technical approaches in social science today. But as Michael Chwe …