This book discusses two of the oldest and hardest problems in both science and philosophy:
What is matter?, and What is mind? A reason for tackling both problems in a single book is …

Other sculptors, other statues from the same stone! Other minds, other worlds from the same
monotonous and inexpressive chaos! My world is but one in a million alike embedded, alike …

The concept of innateness is often used in explanations and classifications of biological and
cognitive traits. But does this concept have a legitimate role to play in contemporary scientific …

This paper takes a fresh look at the nativism–empiricism debate, presenting and defending a
nativist perspective on the mind. Empiricism is often taken to be the default view both in …

The search for the'furniture of the mind'has acquired added impetus with the rise of new
technologies to study the brain and identify its main structures and processes. Philosophers …

Moral skepticism is the denial that there is any such thing as moral knowledge. Some moral
skeptics deny that moral judgments are beliefs; some allow that moral judgments are beliefs …

The idea that some characteristics of an organism are explained by its intrinsic nature, whilst
others reflect the influence of the environment is an ancient one. It has even been argued …

Abstract Concepts are our tools for thinking. They enable us to engage in explicit reasoning
about things in the world. Like physical tools, they can be more or less good, given the ways …

During the last few decades we have discovered enormous amounts about our genomes,
their evolution and, importantly for linguists and language scientists, the genetic foundations …

In recent years, a proliferation of books about empathy, cooperation and pro-social
behaviours (Brooks, 2011a) has significantly influenced the discourse of the life-sciences …