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[49] Scientific Realism and the Plasticity of Mind By Paul Churchland
An introduction and summary of "Scientific Realism and the Plasticity of Mind" By Paul Churchland 1979 A study in the philosophy of science, proposing a strong form of the doctrine of scientific real...
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[45] Subjectivity and Selfhood: Investigating the First-person Perspective By Dan Zahavi
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[44] Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI By Yuval Noah Harari
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[43] Primate Cognition By Michael Tomasello & Josep Call
Soon after Charles Darwin formulated his theory of evolution, primate cognition became a major area of research. In this book, Michael Tomasello and Josep Call assess the current state of our knowledg...
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