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    With Two Oars: Reflections on Sculling

    Professor of Philosophy William B Irvine (Wright State University)

    WITH TWO OARS explores the art and science of sculling. Written with intermediate and advanced-intermediate rowers in mind, it addresses questions any thoughtful rower will want answered, including these: What…

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    You: A Natural History

    William B. Irvine (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, Wright State University)

    You are many things, including a person, a member of a species, a collection of cells, a collection of atoms, and a gene-replication machine. In You: A Natural History, William…

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    A Slap in the Face: Why Insults Hurt - And Why They Shouldn’t

    William B. Irvine (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, Wright State University)

    In A Slap in the Face, William Irvine undertakes a wide-ranging investigation of insults, their history, the role they play in social relationships, and the science behind them. He offers…

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    Aha!: The Moments of Insight that Shape Our World

    William B. Irvine (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, Wright State University)

    How have the world’s great thinkers, politicians, mathematicians, and religious figures reached their transformative moments of insight? Are there lessons to be learned from their experiences? William B. Irvine takes…

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    On Desire: Why We Want What We Want

    William B. Irvine (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, Wright State University)

    Irvine looks at what modern science can tell about desire–what happens in the brain when one desires something and how animals evolved particular desires. He suggests that people who can…

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    Aha!: The Moments of Insight that Shape Our World

    William B. Irvine (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, Wright State University)

    How have the world’s great thinkers, politicians, mathematicians, and religious figures reached their transformative moments of insight? Are there lessons to be learned from their experiences? William B. Irvine takes…

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    A Slap in the Face: Why Insults Hurt-And Why They Shouldn’t

    William B. Irvine (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, Wright State University)

    In A Slap in the Face, William Irvine undertakes a wide-ranging investigation of insults, their history, the role they play in social relationships, and the science behind them.

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