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  • Embodied Mind, Meaning, and Reason

    How Our Bodies Give Rise to Understanding

    by Mark Johnson ...
    Mark Johnson is one of the great thinkers of our time on how the body shapes the mind. This book brings together a selection of essays from the past two decades that build a powerful argument that any scientifically and philosophically satisfactory view of mind and thought must ultimately explain how bodily perception and action give rise to cognition, meaning, language, action, and values.A brief ... Read more

    $21.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • History of Brookline (Massachusetts, U.S.)

    by Mark Johnson ...
    This book offers a comprehensive exploration of Brookline, Massachusetts, delving into its rich history, cultural evolution, and pivotal contributions to both national and global affairs. From its founding as a rural outpost in the Massachusetts Bay Colony to its transformation into a vibrant suburban hub, Brookline's development is examined through 20 meticulously researched chapters. The ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • History of Boston (Massachusetts, U.S.)

    by Mark Johnson ...
    This book is a comprehensive exploration of Boston's rich and complex history, spanning from its founding in the early 17th century to its role in shaping the modern world in the 21st century. This book delves into the city's evolution across key phases: from its revolutionary beginnings as a cradle of American independence, to its growth as an industrial powerhouse, and its eventual reinvention ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Morality for Humans

    Ethical Understanding from the Perspective of Cognitive Science

    by Mark Johnson ...
    "A welcome renewal and defense of John Dewey's ethical naturalism, which Johnson claims is the only morality 'fit for actual human beings.'" — Notre Dame Philosophical ReviewsWhat is the difference between right and wrong? This is no easy question to answer, yet we constantly try to make it so, frequently appealing to absolutes, whether drawn from God, universal reason, or societal authority. ... Read more

    $17.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • American Bacon

    The History of a Food Phenomenon

    by Mark A. Johnson ...
    In American Bacon, Mark A. Johnson asks (and answers) a seemingly simple question: How has bacon overcome centuries of religious prohibition, cultural contempt, and dietary advice to become a twenty-first-century culinary and cultural powerhouse? Starting in early modern Britain and tracing the story of bacon through the colonial era, the Civil War, the Progressive Era, modern fad diets, and the ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Rising Star

    Savaging The Odds In Basketball

    by Mark Johnson ...
    Jack had always been passionate about basketball. As a young boy growing up in a small town, he would spend countless hours shooting hoops at the local park, dreaming of one day becoming a star player.Jack committed himself to a career in youth development because he was driven to change the world. He used basketball as a tool to empower young people from all walks of life, encourage academic ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Out of the Cave

    A Natural Philosophy of Mind and Knowing

    by Mark L. Johnson, Don M. Tucker ...
    From a philosopher and a neuropsychologist, a radical rethinking of certain traditional views about human cognition and behavior.Plato's Allegory of the Cave trapped us in the illusion that mind is separate from body and from the natural and physical world. Knowledge had to be eternal and absolute. Recent scientific advances, however, show that our bodies shape mind, thought, and language in a ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • The Body in the Mind

    The Bodily Basis of Meaning, Imagination, and Reason

    by Mark Johnson ...
    An exploration of the central role the human imagination plays in all meaning, understanding, and reasoning."There are books . . . which carefully, delightfully, and genuinely turn your head inside out. This is one of them. It ranges over some central issues in Western philosophy and begins the long overdue job of giving us a radically new account of meaning, rationality, and objectivity." — San ... Read more

    $24.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Aesthetics of Meaning and Thought

    The Bodily Roots of Philosophy, Science, Morality, and Art

    by Mark Johnson ...
    All too often, we think of our minds and bodies separately. The reality couldn't be more different: the fundamental fact about our mind is that it is embodied. We have a deep visceral, emotional, and qualitative relationship to the world—and any scientifically and philosophically satisfactory view of the mind must take into account the ways that cognition, meaning, language, action, and values are ... Read more

    $23.09 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Caribbean Volunteers at War

    The Forgotten Story of the RAF's 'Tuskegee Airmen'

    by Mark Johnson ...
    " During the Second World War nearly 500 Black Caribbean volunteers served with the RAF . . . This valuable work looks at their experiences."—HistoryOfWarThe heroic exploits of the Caribbean men and women who volunteered their services to the Allied effort during the Second World War have, until now, passed by with little fanfare or attention. Indeed, whilst many people are aware of the ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Wasted

    by Mark Johnson ...
    Mark Johnson's father had 'LOVE' tattooed across his left hand, but that didn't stop the beatings. The Johnson children would turn up to school with broken fingers and chipped teeth, but no one ever thought of investigating their home life. Mark just slipped through the cracks, and kept on falling. For years.Constantly in trouble at school, Mark began stealing at the age of seven, was drinking by ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

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  • The Meaning of the Body

    Aesthetics of Human Understanding

    by Mark Johnson ...
    "Demonstrates that the aesthetic and emotional aspects of meaning are fundamental . . . and that the arts show meaning-making in its fullest realization." —George Lakoff, author of Moral PoliticsIn The Meaning of the Body, Mark Johnson continues his pioneering work on the exciting connections between cognitive science, language, and meaning first begun in the classic Metaphors We Live By. Johnson ... Read more

    $22.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus