Cognitive Science

2014

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general interest

10 biology

4 psychology

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best of the backlist

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index | order form

social science

8 philosophy

A Message from the Editor

It is with great pleasure that, on behalf of my colleagues
at Princeton University Press, I introduce the 2014 cognitive science catalog. The books in this catalog exemplify
the quality of scholarship that we prize. They reflect the
genuinely interdisciplinary approach that we take to
developing our publishing programs, and to this end,
cognitive sciencean interdisciplinary field connecting
research within the humanities, social science, and
scienceis a natural representation of the mission of
the Press.
This years catalog features three works worthy of special
notice. Ara Norenzayans Big Gods is an accessible and
comprehensive synthesis of the cognitive science of
religion that explains why societies with big gods have
been evolutionarily successful. In The Unpredictable
Species, Philip Lieberman provides a novel case for
human uniqueness based on cutting-edge research in
neuroscience and more. With Would You Kill the Fat Man?,
David Edmonds examines the importance of the trolley
problem to our understanding of moral psychology.
And not to be missed are several works ideally suited for
course adoption, including Susan Fahrbachs Developmental Neuroscience, William Hoppitt and Kevin Lalands
Social Learning, Jay Schulkins Reflections on the Musical
Mind, Nikolas Rose and Joelle Abi-Racheds Neuro: The
New Brain Sciences and the Management of the Mind,
and Joshua Epsteins Agent_Zero: Toward Neurocognitive
Foundations for Generative Social Science.
We look forward to continuing to share this intellectually engaging journey with you.
Thank you for your support.
Eric I. Schwartz, Ph.D.
Senior Editor, Sociology & Cognitive Science
Cover illustration: copyright Anita Ponne, Shutterstock

New

Big Gods

How Religion Transformed Cooperation and Conflict

Ara Norenzayan
Does God make us good? In this fascinating
new book, Ara Norenzayan explores how the
invention of Big Godspowerful and omniscient
moralizing deitieshas transformed the world.
Replete with insights about morality, cooperation, faith, atheism, and much more, Big Gods will
change the way we think about human nature
and human society.
Paul Bloom, author of Just Babies: The Origins of
Good and Evil
Of all the topics forbidden debate in polite company, religion is the last
taboo. This brave, lucid, balanced blend of compassion and science tackles
our most cherished values and most intractable disputes. Big Gods sheds
light on the cultural evolution of sacred watchers who arguably make us
better humans. And it opens the door to explain how and when secular
institutions can do the same. For all of us who worry about the role of
religion in the modern world, this is a must-read, original milestone.
Susan T. Fiske, coauthor of Social Cognition: From Brains to Culture
2013. 264 pages. 10 halftones.
Cl: 978-0-691-15121-2
$29.95 | 19.95

New

The Unpredictable Species

What Makes Humans Unique
Philip Lieberman

[W]hat reader can resist this compelling invitation to reflect on what it means to be human?
Booklist
[Liebermans] ability to marshal contemporary
neuroscience to support his assertions is impressive, and his efforts to guide the field away from
biological determinism (a stew of invented
genes) are well-founded and important.
Publishers Weekly
In this wonderfully readable book, Lieberman
argues that evolution has equipped humans with the most marvelous
gift in the animal kingdomthe freedom to be unpredictable. The Unpredictable Species is educational, entertaining, challenging, aggravating,
and convincing all at the same time. Anyone interested in the nature of
Homo sapiens should own this book.
Daniel L. Everett, author of Language: The Cultural Tool
2013. 272 pages. 12 line illus.
Cl: 978-0-691-14858-8
$29.95 | 19.95

Forthcoming

Would You Kill the

Fat Man?

The Trolley Problem and

What Your Answer Tells
Us about Right and Wrong
David Edmonds
A runaway train is racing toward
five men who are tied to the track.
Unless the train is stopped, it will
inevitably kill all five men. You are
standing on a footbridge looking
down on the unfolding disaster.
However, a fat man, a stranger, is
standing next to you: if you push
him off the bridge, he will topple
onto the line and, although he will
die, his chunky body will stop the
train, saving five lives. Would you
kill the fat man?
The question may seem bizarre.
But its one variation of a puzzle
that has baffled moral philosophers for almost half a century
and that more recently has come
to preoccupy neuroscientists, psychologists, and other thinkers as
well. In this book, David Edmonds,
coauthor of the best-selling Wittgensteins Poker, tells the riveting
story of why and how philosophers
have struggled with this ethical
dilemma, sometimes called the
trolley problem. In the process, he
provides an entertaining and informative tour through the history of
moral philosophy.
November 2013. 240 pages. 10 line illus.
Cl: 978-0-691-15402-2
$19.95 | 13.95

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Forthcoming

Developmental Neuroscience
A Concise Introduction
Susan E. Fahrbach

The words delightful textbook do not often

occur together but they describe Developmental
Neuroscience to a tee. Susan Fahrbach has an exceptional voice and, coupled with a deep scholarly
bent, a keen ability for explaining the importance
of developmental phenomena and how we come
to understand them. There is much that is new
here even for longtime instructors of the subject.
This is a truly valuable addition to the field.
Darcy Kelley, Columbia University
This textbook offers a concise introduction to the exciting field of developmental neuroscience, a discipline concerned with the mechanisms
by which complex nervous systems emerge during embryonic growth.
Bridging the divide between basic and clinical research, it captures the
extraordinary progress that has been achieved in the field. It provides an
opportunity for students to apply and extend what they have learned
in their introductory biology courses while also directing them to the
primary literature.
October 2013. 320 pages. 100 line illus.
Cl: 978-0-691-15098-7
$75.00 | 52.00

New

Social Learning

An Introduction to Mechanisms, Methods, and Models

William Hoppitt & Kevin N. Laland
The recent explosion of theoretical developments and methodologies in the study of
social learning and the evolution of culture has
resulted in a daunting accumulation of new
terms, definitions, and analytical techniques.
Hoppitt and Laland, both leaders in this field,
have taken up the challenge of integrating all
of this information from multiple disciplines
into a single volume, designed to aid researchers and students in evaluating and advancing
the current state of the field.
Susan Perry, coeditor of The Biology of Traditions
Many animals, including humans, acquire valuable skills and knowledge
by copying others. Scientists refer to this as social learning. It is one of
the most exciting and rapidly developing areas of behavioral research
and sits at the interface of many academic disciplines, including biology,
experimental psychology, economics, and cognitive neuroscience. Social
Learning provides a comprehensive, practical guide to the research
methods of this important emerging field.
2013. 320 pages. 48 line illus. 2 tables.
Pa: 978-0-691-15071-0
$49.50 | 34.95
Cl: 978-0-691-15070-3
$75.00 | 52.00

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New

Reflections on the
Musical Mind

An Evolutionary Perspective
Jay Schulkin
With an evident love of music
and exemplary cross-disciplinary
knowledge, Schulkin delves into
the sources of musical expression,
its social functions of communication and bonding, and its central
role in our quest for purpose.
Investigating animal song, the
neurochemical basis of musical
experience, the way music unites
us into groups, and the intimate
tie of music and bodily motion,
Schulkin ultimately sees music as
a universal form of inquiry into
human meaning.
Mark Johnson, University of
Oregon
Whats so special about music? We
experience it internally, yet at the
same time it is highly social. Music
engages our cognitive/affective and
sensory systems. We use music to
communicate with one another
and even with other speciesthe
things that we cannot express
through language. Music is both
ancient and ever evolving. Without
music, our world is missing something essential. In Reflections on the
Musical Mind, Jay Schulkin offers a
social and behavioral neuroscientific
explanation of why music matters.
2013. 272 pages. 4 halftones. 34 line illus.
20 tables.
Cl: 978-0-691-15744-3
$45.00 | 30.95

New

Neuro

The New Brain Sciences and the Management of the Mind

Nikolas Rose & Joelle M. Abi-Rached
The neurofication of the humanities, social
sciences, public policy, and the law has attracted
promoters and detractors. What we have lacked
until now is a critical but open-minded look at
neuro. This is what Rose and Abi-Rached have
given us in this thoughtful and well-researched
book. They do not jump on the neuro bandwagon, but instead offer a clear accounting of
its appeal, its precedents in psychology and
genetics, its genuine importance, and ultimately
its limitations. A fascinating and important book.
Martha J. Farah, University of Pennsylvania
The brain sciences are influencing our understanding of human behavior
as never before, from neuropsychiatry and neuroeconomics to neurotheology and neuroaesthetics. Many now believe that the brain is what
makes us human, and it seems that neuroscientists are poised to become
the new experts in the management of human conduct. Neuro describes
the key developmentstheoretical, technological, economic, and
biopoliticalthat have enabled the neurosciences to gain such traction
outside the laboratory.
2013. 352 pages.
Pa: 978-0-691-14961-5
Cl: 978-0-691-14960-8

$24.95 | 16.95
$70.00 | 48.95

Forthcoming

Agent_Zero

Toward Neurocognitive Foundations for Generative Social Science

Joshua M. Epstein
Rarely has a book stimulated me intellectually as much as this one.
Particularly exciting is the incorporation of agents who feel (affect) and
deliberate, as well as influence one another through social interaction.
Epstein is a brilliantly creative scholar and the range of applications
showcased here is stunning. In sum, this is a pathbreaking book.
Paul Slovic, University of Oregon
In this pioneering synthesis, Joshua Epstein introduces a new theoretical
entity: Agent_Zero. This software individual, or agent, is endowed with
distinct emotional/affective, cognitive/deliberative, and social modules.
Grounded in contemporary neuroscience, these internal components
interact to generate observed, often far-from-rational, individual behavior. When multiple agents of this new type move and interact spatially,
they collectively generate an astonishing range of dynamics spanning
the fields of social conflict, psychology, public health, law, network science, and economics.
Princeton Studies in Complexity

Forthcoming Paperback
One of the Financial Times Best Books on
Science for 2011
One of the Boston Globes Best Books on
Science for 2011

Reinventing Discovery
The New Era of Networked
Science
Michael Nielsen

Nielsen believes that mass collaboration is the future of science,

and his book may be the most
interesting piece of nonfiction I
read this year.
Anthony Doerr, Boston Globe
The book is full of gems ... lessons from internet experiments in
collective intelligence, with deep
thought about how they apply
to the future of what Nielsen
calls Networked Science. Highly
recommended!
Tim OReilly, founder and CEO of
OReilly Media
A powerful plea for scientists to
work together in new ways, using
the full power of the internet and
information technology. Nielsen
attacks the possessive attitude
to data that still pervades some
fields of research and shows how
much scientists can gain through
more open, collaborative workingwhich may involve members
of the public as well as those inside
the academic tent.
Clive Cookson, Financial Times
January 2014. 288 pages. 6 halftones. 8 line illus.
Pa: 978-0-691-16019-1
$19.95 | 13.95
Cl: 978-0-691-14890-8
$24.95 | 16.95

March 2014. 264 pages. 113 color illus. 3 tables.

Cl: 978-0-691-15888-4
$49.50 | 34.95

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Why Everyone (Else) Is a Hypocrite

Evolution and the Modular Mind
Robert Kurzban

Bolstered by recent studies and research,

Kurzban makes a convincing and coherent ...
case for the modular mind, greatly helped by
humorous footnotes and examples.... Taking on
lofty topics, including truth and belief, Kurzban
makes a successful case for changingand
remappingthe modern mind.
Publishers Weekly
Using humour and anecdotes, [Kurzban]
reveals how conflict between the modules of
the mind leads to contradictory beliefs, vacillating behaviours, broken
moral boundaries and inflated egos. He argues that we should think of
ourselves not as I but as wea collection of interacting systems that
are in constant conflict.
Nature
Robert Kurzban is one of the best evolutionary psychologists of his
generation: he is distinctive not only for his own successful research
and sophisticated understanding of psychology, but also because of his
witKurzban is genuinely clever, sly, succinct, and sometimes hilarious.
Steven Pinker, Harvard University
2012. 288 pages. 2 halftones. 1 line illus.
Pa: 978-0-691-15439-8
$18.95 | 12.95
Cl: 978-0-691-14674-4
$27.95 | 19.95

New Paperback
Winner of the 2012 Silver Medal Axiom Business Book Award in Business Ethics, Jenkins
Group, Inc.

Blind Spots

Why We Fail to Do Whats Right and What to Do about It

Max H. Bazerman & Ann E. Tenbrunsel
This fascinating book holds up a desperately
needed mirror that objectively reveals a reflection we might not want to see. Yet through
experienced guidance and genuine input, Bazerman and Tenbrunsel offer solutions that can
powerfully change the way we do business.
Stephen R. Covey, author of The 7 Habits of
Highly Effective People and The Leader in Me
Well-written, stuffed with intriguing research,
and more than a little unnerving, this book will
make readers reconsider some of their most entrenched beliefs.
BizEd
[Blind Spots] is full of studies in human behavior and those results can
help us, and the people we manage, make better decisions.... [T]he book
should be required reading for anyone entering the business world.
Walter Pavlo, Forbes.com
2013. 208 pages. 8 line illus. 1 table.
Pa: 978-0-691-15622-4
$16.95 | 11.95
Cl: 978-0-691-14750-5
$24.95 | 16.95

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New Paperback
One of Choices Outstanding Academic
Titles for 2011

Soul Dust

The Magic of Consciousness

Nicholas Humphrey
Humphrey begins where Crick
and others have left off.... [He]
has laid out a new agenda for
consciousness research.
Michael Proulx, Science
[N]ot only thoroughly enjoyable
but genuinely instructive too.
Alison Gopnik, New York Times
Book Review
Scientists are often accused
these days of overlooking the awe
and wonder of the world, so its
exciting when a philosopher puts
that magic at the very heart of a
scientific hypothesis.
Matt Ridley, Wall Street Journal
[A] spirited and impassioned intellectual adventure.
Rebecca Newberger Goldstein,
author of 36 Arguments for the
Existence of God: A Work of Fiction
[Humphrey] brings his incisive
mind to bear on one of the great
riddles of sciencethe evolutionary origin of consciousnessand
presents the best-yet solution
to the supposedly insuperable
problem.
V. S. Ramachandran, author of
The Tell-Tale Brain: A Neuroscientists
Quest for What Makes Us Human
2012. 256 pages. 16 halftones. 1 table.
Pa: 978-0-691-15637-8
$18.95 | 12.95
Cl: 978-0-691-13862-6
$24.95 | 16.95
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The Recursive Mind

The Origins of Human Language, Thought, and Civilization

Michael C. Corballis
[A] fascinating and well-grounded exposition
of the nature and power of recursion. In its ultrareasonable way, this is quite a revolutionary book
because it attacks key notions about language
and thought. Most notably, it disputes the idea,
argued especially by linguist Noam Chomsky,
that thought is fundamentally linguisticin
other words, you need language before you can
have thoughts.
Liz Else, New Scientist
Michael Corballis has written a delightful book that makes an important
contribution to our understanding of the emergence of our unique capacity to communicate using a verbal generative language.... Although
I do not agree entirely with all of Corballis positions, I do subscribe to
most of them. More importantly I admire the way in which he formulates
issues worth thinking about, which alone makes his contribution very
valuable. I am happy to recommend this book to both lay readers and
experts in the field.
Robert K. Logan, Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development
2011. 304 pages. 6 halftones. 9 line illus. 2 maps.
Cl: 978-0-691-14547-1
$31.95 | 21.95

Forthcoming Paperback
One of Choices 20102011 Significant University Press Titles for Undergraduates

Winning

Reflections on an American Obsession

Francesco Duina
Duina makes an excellent start at understanding
this big issue and providing groundwork for
additional explorations of the USs search for
indefinite perfectibility.... Duinas excellent new
perspective on chasing the American dream
offers much to reflect on.
Choice
Linguistically inquiring, sociologically penetrative, and culturally fascinating, Duinas book is
part self-help manual, part critical inquiry into
the American psyche, and wholly an essential guide to a misunderstood
obsession.
Journal of American Studies
This book is important because it poses the question how much competition we really need in rich nations, with high levels of economic and
cultural productivity.... Duinas suggestions to moderate and redirect
competition by changing the American mind-set are valuable.
Jan Ott, Journal of Happiness Studies
2013. 248 pages. 9 line illus. 3 tables.
Pa: 978-0-691-15964-5
$24.95 | 16.95
Cl: 978-0-691-14706-2
$37.50 | 26.95

New Paperback
One of Choices Outstanding Academic
Titles for 2011

Why People Cooperate

The Role of Social Motivations

Tom R. Tyler
I am a fan of Tylers approach....
[H]e supports his theoretical approach by clear and rigorous research rather than the polemic that
all too often substitutes for thought
in criminology.... [H]e demonstrates the paucity of the view that
human action is pushed and pulled
by the lures of rewards and threats
of penalties.... [H]e focuses not on
the supposed outcomes of policing
(such as crime rates), but upon how
policing is conducted.
P.A.J. Waddington, Policing
One of the clear strengths of
Why People Cooperate is its applicability to a variety of disciplines.
Certainly, social psychologists and
some political scientists with an
empirical bent will want to read
this book because it offers new
ways to explore interactions and
exchanges within groups. Industrial/organizational psychologists
and researchers in management
science, too, will readily see the
applicability of Tylers persuasive
evidence.... Researchers interested
in social policies ... are also likely to
find grist for their respective mills
in this brief but rich book.
Dana S. Dunn, PsycCRITIQUES:
Contemporary Psychology: APA
Review Of Books
2013. 232 pages. 3 line illus. 14 tables.
Pa: 978-0-691-15800-6
$24.95 | 16.95
Cl: 978-0-691-14690-4
$39.95 | 27.95

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One of Choices Outstanding Academic Titles for 2012

Beyond the Brain

How Body and Environment Shape Animal and Human Minds

Louise Barrett
Beyond the Brain is indeed an amusing and
entertaining read, but one with an extraordinary
analytical rigor and eloquence of argument. Very
accessible, enticing, and lucidly written, it can be
enjoyed both by professional academics and laypeople. Readersbe they novice or seasonedwill
certainly find the volume uplifting and inspirational,
Barretts style brisk and delightful and her intellectual playfulness quite solacing.... A must read for
the next generations of cognitive scientists and for
all those who are interested in the study of comparative cognition.
Mirko Farina, Phenomenology and Cognitive Sciences
2011. 288 pages. 14 line illus.
Cl: 978-0-691-12644-9
$37.50 | 26.95

Group Problem Solving

Patrick R. Laughlin
Humans solve problems in groups. For almost
one hundred years, psychologists have conducted studies of group problem solving, and
in this book, Patrick Laughlin reviews the results
of these efforts. A particularly strong aspect of
Group Problem Solving is the use of mathematical
models to show how group members combine
their reasoning and prior knowledge in order to
reach a consensus. This book will interest social
psychologists, industrial-organizational psychologists, and those who want illustrations of how mathematical modeling
can guide psychological research.
Earl Hunt, University of Washington
2011.176 pages. 28 line illus. 24 tables.
Pa: 978-0-691-14791-8
$31.95 | 21.95
Cl: 978-0-691-14790-1
$82.50 | 57.50

Winner of the 2013 Silver Medal in Self-Help, Independent Publisher

The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking

Edward B. Burger & Michael Starbird
Think ... fail ... question ... understand ... change
... learn: in their powerful new book, Burger and
Starbird show students, teachers, and everyone
else how to harness the genius of learning. The 5
Elements argues that the door to knowledge is not
opened by a magical test. Instead, the key is for each
of us to boldly embrace a willingness to fail while
organizing persistent approaches to thinking.
Dennis Van Roekel, president of the National
Education Association
2012. 168 pages. 1 halftone.
Cl: 978-0-691-15666-8
$19.95 | 13.95

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New

The Behavioral
Foundations of
Public Policy
Edited by Eldar Shafir
This book establishes that psychology has a great deal to contribute on public policy matters of
great concern to everyone. I doubt
whether so many superb psychologists and behavioral scientists have
been found between the covers
of a single book before. Their contributions do not disappoint and
it seems certain that many policy
issues are going to look different
from now on.
Richard Nisbett, University of
Michigan
In this book, leading experts in
psychology, decision research,
policy analysis, economics,
political science, law, medicine,
and philosophy explore major
trends, principles, and general
insights about human behavior in
policy-relevant settings. Their work
provides a deeper understanding
of the many driverscognitive,
social, perceptual, motivational,
and emotionalthat guide behaviors in everyday settings. They
give depth and insight into the
methods of behavioral research,
and highlight how this knowledge
might influence the implementation of public policy for the
improvement of society.
2013. 536 pages. 35 line illus. 23 tables.
Cl: 978-0-691-13756-8
$55.00 | 37.95

New

Meeting at Grand Central

Understanding the Social and Evolutionary Roots of Cooperation

Lee Cronk & Beth L. Leech
An evolutionary psychologist and a political scientist somehow accomplish the spectacular feat
of explaining human cooperation by delineating
diverse accounts of the roadblocks to it. Cronk
and Leech persuasively argue that cooperation
is based in complicated emergent institutions
surrounding indirect reciprocity but also in basic
individual biological and evolutionary realities.
They are a great team.
John R. Hibbing, University of NebraskaLincoln
2012. 264 pages. 7 line illus.
Cl: 978-0-691-15495-4
$29.95 | 19.95

Forthcoming

The Alzheimer Conundrum

Entanglements of Dementia and Aging

Margaret Lock
The Alzheimer Conundrum is a must-read for all
who are interested in how society and researchers frame the investigation of Alzheimers disease
and its effects on the aging global population.
Lock has woven the individual threads of the
scientific discussion and debate about dementia
into a magnificent tapestry, prompting us to
question our assumptions and perceptions. A
compelling book.
Carol Brayne, University of Cambridge
November 2013. 304 pages. 12 line illus.
Cl: 978-0-691-14978-3
$29.95 | 19.95

New Paperback

A Cooperative Species

Human Reciprocity and Its Evolution

Samuel Bowles & Herbert Gintis
A sustained and detailed argument for how
genes and culture have together shaped our
ability to cooperate.
Peter Richerson, Nature
[Bowles and Gintis] muster all of their expert
knowledge to make clear that evolution has
produced a species with a truly cooperative
spirit and the means to encourage cooperation
in others.
Frans de Waal, author of The Age of Empathy
2013. 280 pages. 39 line illus. 24 tables.
Pa: 978-0-691-15816-7
$24.95 | 16.95
Cl: 978-0-691-15125-0
$42.00 | 28.95

Addiction by Design

Machine Gambling in Las Vegas

Natasha Dow Schll
Addiction by Design is a nonfiction
page-turner. A richly detailed
account of the particulars of
video gaming addiction, worth
reading for the excellence of the
ethnographic narrative alone,
it is also an empirically rigorous
examination of users, designers,
and objects that deepens practical
and philosophical questions about
the capacities of players interacting with machines designed to
entrance them.
Laura Norn, PublicBooks
2012. 456 pages. 29 halftones.
Cl: 978-0-691-12755-2
$35.00 | 24.95

Diversity and Complexity

Scott E. Page
At once clear and precise, Page
not only makes a persuasive case
for the advantages of diversity in
biological, ecological, and social
systems alike, but also provides
the reader with the analytical
tools necessary to engage realworld debates in a rational, even
quantitative manner. The result is
a valuable primer on a difficult and
important subject.
Duncan J. Watts, author of Small
Worlds: The Dynamics of Networks
between Order and Randomness
Primers in Complex Systems
2010. 304 pages. 19 line illus. 26 tables.
Pa: 978-0-691-13767-4
$23.95 | 16.95

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Forthcoming

The Origins of Monsters

Image and Cognition in the First Age of Mechanical Reproduction

David Wengrow
Using the entry point of monsters, this gracefully written, learned, and
provocative book draws from archaeology, history, art history, cognitive
psychology, and other disciplines, and ranges through the Egyptian,
Mesopotamian, classical Greek, central Asian, Iranian, and Chinese regions
in order to demonstrate the interconnectedness of the ancient world. The
scope of research and the force of analysis are breathtaking. A great read.
Norman Yoffee, University of Nevada, Las Vegas and University of
New Mexico
Examining the reasons behind the dissemination of monstrous imagery
in ancient states and empires, The Origins of Monsters sheds light on the
relationship between culture and cognition.
The Rostovtzeff Lectures
December 2013. 192 pages. 10 halftones. 23 line illus. 1 map.
Cl: 978-0-691-15904-1
$39.50 | 27.95

New Paperback

New Paperback

What Is Meaning?

Philosophy of Language

Scott Soames

Scott Soames

This is an outstanding book.

Anthony Everett, Notre Dame
Philosophical Reviews

This is a masterpiece. Scott

Soamess work on these topics
defines orthodoxy in contemporary
philosophy, and having that work
distilled into a single volume is
enormously valuable. The first half
of the book also contains the best
analysis and explication yet written
of the past century of work in the
philosophy of language. Im looking forward to teaching the subject
again just so I can use this book.
Jeff Speaks, University of Notre
Dame

This is a highly original book from

a major figure in the philosophy
of language. Scott Soames approaches classic problems about
intentionality and the unity of the
proposition in a new way. The writing and argumentation are admirably clear and straightforward,
and there are careful historical
discussions. This book makes an
important contribution.
Robert Stalnaker, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
Soochow University Lectures in Philosophy
2012. 144 pages. 30 line illus.
Pa: 978-0-691-15639-2
$19.95 | 13.95
Cl: 978-0-691-14640-9
$37.50 | 26.95

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Princeton Foundations of Contemporary

Philosophy
2012. 200 pages. 4 line illus.
Pa: 978-0-691-15597-5
$17.95 | 12.50
Cl: 978-0-691-13866-4
$37.50 | 26.95

New

Democratic Reason

Politics, Collective Intelligence,

and the Rule of the Many
Hlne Landemore
Hlne Landemores book is a
landmark in the study of collective
decision making. It scrutinizes and
synthesizes a vast body of work,
paying as much attention to the
failures of deliberation and majority voting as to their achievements.
Nobody working on normative
theories of democracy can afford
to ignore it.
Jon Elster, Columbia University
Individual decision making can
often be wrong due to misinformation, impulses, or biases. Collective
decision making, on the other
hand, can be surprisingly accurate.
In Democratic Reason, Hlne
Landemore demonstrates that the
very factors behind the superiority
of collective decision making add
up to a strong case for democracy.
She shows that the processes and
procedures of democratic decision
making form a cognitive system
that ensures that decisions taken
by the many are more likely to be
right than decisions taken by the
few. Democracy as a form of government is therefore valuable not
only because it is legitimate and
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James L. Gould &
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Honeybee Democracy
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Cells to Civilizations will stimulate
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Animal Spirits

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George A. Akerlof &
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The Origins of Language

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Jean-Pierre Changeux &
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Primates and Philosophers

How Morality Evolved
Frans de Waal
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Human Evolutionary
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Memory

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Richard L. Gregory
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