Oxford University Press

Kant's Thinker examines the  Critique of Pure Reason's account of the relation between cognition and self-consciousness. It shows how the theory that cognizers must understand their mental states as standing in relations of rational connection has implications for theories of the self-ascription of belief, consciousness and knowledge of other...

This book explores the Byzantine art of embroidery on liturgical vestments. Spanning the period from the eleventh through the fifteenth centuries, it studies the evolution of forms of liturgical costume in the Orthodox Church in relation to both currents in religious thought and the complex relationship between the church and the imperial court....

This book explores how to create culture-sensitive technology for local users in an increasingly globalized world with rising participatory culture. Illustrated with a cross-cultural study of mobile messaging use, Sun presents an innovative framework integrating action and meaning through a dialogical, cyclical design process to create usable and...

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Gunning investigates American literary encounters with the conditions, processes, and consequences of white-on-black violence. She shows that the representation of stereotypes, such as the black rapist, were crucial in mediating moments of white social crisis in the late nineteenth century. Gunning brings together writers including Kate Chopin,...

How do language and thought connect to things in the world? John Hawthorne and        David Manley offer an original and ambitious treatment of the semantic phenomenon of        reference and the cognitive phenomenon of singular thought, leading to a new unified        account of definite and indefinite descriptions, names, and demonstratives....