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The publication in 1632 of Galileo’s Dialogue on the Two Chief World Systems, Ptolemaic and Copernican　marked a crucial moment in the ‘scientific revolution’ and helped Galileo become the ‘father of modern science’. The Dialogue　contains Galileo’s mature synthesis of astronomy, physics,...

In 1965 English scientist James Lovelock had a flash of insight: the Earth is not just teeming with life; the Earth, in some sense, is life. He mulled this revolutionary idea over for several years, first with his close friend the novelist William Golding, and then in an extensive collaboration with...

Epictetus (AD 55 – AD 135) was a Greek sage and Stoic philosopher. He was born a slave at Hierapolis, Phrygia (present day Pamukkale, Turkey), and lived in Rome until his banishment, when he went to Nicopolis in northwestern Greece for the rest of his life. This collection of Epictetus'...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • This inspiring meditation on kindness from the author of Lincoln in the Bardo is based on his popular commencement address. Three months after George Saunders gave a graduation address at Syracuse University, a transcript of that speech was posted on the website...

“Provocative and richly textured. . . .Schwartz’s analyses of the inadequacies of contemporary scientific views of human nature are compelling, but the consequences are even more worthy of note.” —Los Angeles Times Out of the investigations and speculations of contemporary science,...

The present work is intended to assist academics, researchers and proponents of online learning and teaching.  Academics will be able to share the findings presented in this book, and the Social Networking and Education Model (SNEM), with their students (i.e. Masters and PhD). It is envisaged that...

In this volume, Stephen M. Gardiner and David A. Weisbach present arguments for and against the relevance of ethics to global climate policy. Gardiner argues that climate change is fundamentally an ethical issue, since it is an early instance of a distinctive challenge to ethical action (the perfect...

Thomas Kuhn and Karl Popper are believed by many who study science to be the two key thinkers of the twentieth century. Each addressed the question of how scientific theories change, but they came to different conclusions.   By turning our attention to ambiguity and indecision in science, Menachem...

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Two of our greatest educational theorists, John Dewey and Nel Noddings, have been reluctant to admit that some students are simply more talented than others. This was no doubt due to their feeling that such an admission was inconsistent with democratic concern for everyone. But there really is such...

•長銷18年，讀者一致好評，全美資優小學必上課程 •淺白生活化的思辨教育工具書，大人也適用的哲學入門！ •【選擇】【是非】【填空】【問答】激盪腦力，有效啟動你的邏輯思路！ 孩子的問題千奇百怪，怎麼回答？ 如何與孩子談論價值觀、是非對錯？ 邏輯思考能力該怎麼培養？ 透過哲學家經常提出的40個問題， 把最難搞定的對話變成啟發一生的心智互動遊戲！ 本書分為四大思維領域──「價值觀」「知識」「真實」「批判性思考」，並設計樂趣無窮的練習題（選擇、是非、填空、問答），是激發思考、反詰、評判能力的好用工具，更有助於孩子敏銳了解自己、應對世界，樂於在難題中另闢蹊徑，創造獨特而自信的豐富生命。 四個領域，學大思想家建構思維格局！ 價值觀 「你是公平、有正義感的人嗎？怎麼知道誰是朋友？撒謊有可能是對的嗎？」 小心，你的價值觀可能會全面翻盤！你可能沒有自以為的那麼了解自己的想法！ 知識 「你怎麼知道自己『知道』？別人能夠理解你的感受嗎？對自己撒謊有用嗎？」 「知道」的過程其實很複雜──但也非常引人入勝！學哲學家從理所當然的平凡日常中，看見奧祕之處！ 真實 「你看時鐘的時候，看到的是『時間』嗎？你和五年前的你是同一個人嗎？你有自由意志嗎？」 這部分的討論是哲學探究當中最抽象的一種，也是最有趣的一種。將大腦轉到劇烈運轉的模式，更要記得樂在其中！ 批判性思考 「該聽別人的意見嗎？如果別人都認為一件事情是真的，那件事是不是就是真的？」 這部分的問題將幫助你養成批判性思考的能力，進一步能夠評估推論，知道哪些正確，哪些犯了思考上的錯誤。 ◆各界推薦 臺大哲學系教授•苑舉正 美國加州州立大學哲學教授•王偉雄 臺南大學附設實驗國民小學班導師•**溫美玉　　　　** 親子天下嚴選部落客•娘雙寶 專業親職講師•澤爸 ──專文推薦 哲學哲學雞蛋糕腦闆•朱家安 ──專文導讀 蒙特梭利教育專家•羅寶鴻 親子教育專家•李崇建 ──好評推薦 亞馬遜讀者們都覺得哲學太有趣，不讀太可惜！ ◆...

Raising happy, successful children is a goal of every parent of gifted children. In "On the Social and Emotional Lives of Gifted Children," the nation's leading authority on the psychology of gifted children offers advice and encouragement for both parents and teachers. In a thoughtful,...

This book is a compendium of lesson plans for classroom exercises designed to foster philosophical inquiry with young people. It introduces the reader to a wide range of activities for exploring philosophical questions and problems with children from pre-school age through high-school. There are lessons...

Fifty percent of what children need to know is learned between birth and the age of six. These first years of a childs life forge a permanent impact on their future. In The Visone Method, authors Carmine and Phyllis Visone provide parents and teachers with a comprehensive, innovative understanding...