Oxford University Press

This volume is concerned with central themes in research on reference within cognitive sciences. The articles, written by leading scholars in linguistics, computational linguistics, philosophy and cognitive psychology, examine reference from a number of disciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives, informed by different research traditions and...

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Perception, Phantasia, Thought, and DesireJessica Moss presents a bold and controversial account of Aristotle's moral        psychology. She argues that on Aristotle's view things appear good to us in virtue        of a psychological capacity responsible for quasi-perceptual phenomena: phantasia        ('imagination'). Her interpretation restricts...

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Exposing Why the Rich Are Rich, the Poor Are Poor--and Why You Can Never Buy a Decent      Used Car!The Undercover Economist is for anyone who's wondered why the gap between rich and        poor nations is so great, or why they can't seem to find a decent second-hand car,        or how to outwit Starbucks. This book offers the hidden story behind...

Science that Changed the WorldThis is a story about sand and how science and silicon changed our lives. Over the        last century science taught us to take this common material and make the products on        which we depend - computer chips, solar cells and optical fibers. This book relates        the underlying scientific discoveries to the...