This book explores the idea that we have two minds - one that is automatic, unconscious, and fast, the other controlled, conscious, and slow. In recent years there has been great interest in so-called dual-process theories of reasoning and rationality. According to dual processs theories, there are two distinct systems underlying human reasoning - an evolutionarily old system that is associative, automatic, unconscious, parallel, and fast, and a more recent, distinctively human system that is rule-based, controlled, conscious, serial, and slow. Within the former, processes are held to be...
This book explores the idea that we have two minds - one that is automatic, unconscious, and fast, the other controlled, conscious, and slow. In recen...
Humanity's understanding of itself exists in complex constructs of reality shaped by social and cultural currents. A basic understanding of human construction of reality exists through humanity's use of symbols in forming language and meaning, granting definition and depth to reality. Semiotics, the study of symbols and their meanings, examines those ways that symbols and signs and the interactive relationship drives the apprehension and conveying of ideas on the most basic socio-cultural level. The realm of fiction now serves, and has served humanity as the realm of the unknown where it...
Humanity's understanding of itself exists in complex constructs of reality shaped by social and cultural currents. A basic understanding of human cons...
Methane can be recovered from a variety of waste sources, namely agricultural waste, landfills and sewage sludge, by anaerobic digestion. This work concludes that the most feasible source for methane recovery is sewage sludge in West Yorkshire as this was deemed to be the Best Practicable Environmental Option (BPEO).The current UK infrastructure within agriculture presents logistic problems concerning the collection and transportation of waste sources making it impracticable. Landfill gas recovery has a large potential for energy production but current Government legislation eliminates it as...
Methane can be recovered from a variety of waste sources, namely agricultural waste, landfills and sewage sludge, by anaerobic digestion. This work co...
Many readers drawn into the heroic tales of J. R. R. Tolkien's imaginary world of Middle-earth have given little conscious thought to the importance of the land itself in his stories or to the vital roles played by the flora and fauna of that land. As a result, The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion are rarely considered to be works of environmental literature or mentioned together with such authors as John Muir, Rachel Carson, or Aldo Leopold. Tolkien's works do not express an activist agenda; instead, his environmentalism is expressed in the form of...
Many readers drawn into the heroic tales of J. R. R. Tolkien's imaginary world of Middle-earth have given little conscious thought to the importanc...
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Thinking is the essence of what it means to be human and defines us more than anything else as a species. Jonathan Evans explores cognitive psychological approaches to understanding the nature of thinking and reasoning, problem solving, and decision making.
Thinking is the essence of what it means to be human and defines us more than anything else as a species. Jonathan Evans explores cognitive psychologi...
The Many Voices of Lydia Davis' shows how translation, rewriting and intertextuality are central to the work of Lydia Davis, a major American writer, translator and essayist.
The Many Voices of Lydia Davis' shows how translation, rewriting and intertextuality are central to the work of Lydia Davis, a major American writer, ...
