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This book (hardcover) is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It
contains classical literature works from over two thousand years.
Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore
shelves for decades. The book series is intended to preserve the
cultural legacy and to promote the timeless works of classical
literature. Readers of a TREDITION CLASSICS book support the
mission to save many of the amazing works of world literature from
oblivion. With this series, tredition intends to make thousands of
international literature classics available in printed format again
- worldwide.
This book (hardcover) is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It
contains classical literature works from over two thousand years.
Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore
shelves for decades. The book series is intended to preserve the
cultural legacy and to promote the timeless works of classical
literature. Readers of a TREDITION CLASSICS book support the
mission to save many of the amazing works of world literature from
oblivion. With this series, tredition intends to make thousands of
international literature classics available in printed format again
- worldwide.
While the past decade has seen a surge of research regarding canine
cognition, this newfound interest has not caught the attention of
many philosophers. Studies pertaining to dog minds have been
pouring out of canine cognition labs all over the world, but they
remain relatively ensconced within the scientific, sociological,
and anthropological communities, and very little philosophical
thought on dog cognition exists. Philosophers certainly have not
shied away from theorizing about the nature of nonhuman animal
cognition generally. Theories range from Cartesian disavowal of all
nonhuman intelligence to arguments that even fish have complex
minds and therefore humans should not eat them. Serious
philosophical considerations about dogs and their relationship to
humans, however, remain incredibly rare. Even less common, if not
entirely nonexistent, is a critical examination of the question
"What are dogs thinking?" and what asking and attempting to answer
this question reveals, not so much about dogs, but about us. With
Minding Dogs Michele Merritt attempts to fill two significant gaps
in the philosophy of animal cognition. First, she adds to the
growing discussion on canine cognition, which has been overlooked
until recently and requires more consideration. Second, she takes
seriously our dynamic collaborations with our canine friends as
crucial to understanding both their minds and our own.
CHRISTOPHER RORY PAGE Two bodies, two souls and an inspiring four
way conversation between contrasting mortals as they journey
through the African bush and discover the way from Fear to faith.
The author awakens one morning riddled with fear from a deafening
noise outside his bungalow window. This is the beginning of an
exploration into the self as he meets a primitive man who proves
that there is more to someone than meets the eye. A non-verbal form
of communication develops between as the two men dissect the
concept of fear based on age-old theories and beliefs. The reader
is introduced to the Ukuesaba Isitebhisa which translated from Zulu
means Fear Ladder. This shows the progression of fear from the most
superficial to the most concrete. The common denominator to
minimise the fear on all levels is to instil faith in various
forms. From Fear to faith is an inspiring story and teaches as much
as it entertains. Light hearted moments dispersed with simple
truths make it must read for anyone who aims to minimise the fears
in their lives which prevent them from being who they were born to
be.
Written with verve and a mordant wit, 'The Wheels of Society' is a
vivid, cogent, ground-breaking proposal for us to re-think
ourselves in order to steer civilisation back to safety. As a
species we seem to cling on to the power and influence of 'the old
normal'. Forests and valleys are decimated so that businessmen can
be in Manchester 30 minutes faster; thousands of airline seats are
sold for the price of a free-range chicken so that hundreds of
short-haul planes can devastate the atmosphere and enable drunken
escapades in Barcelona rather than Soho; the rich get even richer
and the poor get Covid 19. Bankers conspire in the fraudulent abuse
of people's savings, yet can keep their loot, saved by governments
supposed to protect their citizens but who fail to hold a single
perpetrator to account. Is this how we are supposed to be? The
biology of society becomes visible when hubris is side-stepped.
First, natural selfishness must be overcome before individuals can
assemble altruistically into a working group - a rather wonderful
achievement. Our cooperating groups, which make up the hierarchy of
society, are living things in their own right. Then, once
assembled, the group must perform trial-and-error cycles to do
life's vital functions. Wilson's 'assembly-and-performance
thinking' combines these two mechanisms into a simple scientific
theory of society which applies, with variations, to all
cooperating creatures - not just to humans.
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