Understanding Humans by David Edmonds
Compiling the best episodes of SAGEs Social Science Bites podcast since its beginning in 2012, this pocket-sized volume will show you how social science can solve problems in todays society. Featuring a multidisciplinary and diverse range of interviewees, the book covers topics from racial inequality to moral psychology, the pandemic, and the prison system.
The eclectic chapters in ‘Understanding Humans: How Social Science Can Solve Our Problems’ illuminate the profound role of social sciences in exploring and addressing social issuesThis book serves as a valuable resource for a broad audience, being accessible and engaging for readers without prior knowledge or expertise in the fields drawn upon by the researchers. It provides readers with a compelling overview of exceptional research studies on how we think and act as individuals, and the social, economic, educational and political structures that we operate within. -- Ulviyya Khalilova * LSE Review of Books *
David Edmonds is a Distinguished Research Fellow at the Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics at Oxford University and a former BBC radio journalist. He is the author or editor of many philosophy books (and one on chess) which together have been translated into over two dozen languages. These include (with John Eidinow), Wittgenstein’s Poker and, most recently, a biography, Parfit: A Philosopher and his Mission to Save Morality. As well as Social Science Bites, David also hosts a couple of philosophy podcasts. Philosophy Bites, which he makes with Nigel Warburton, has had over 47 million downloads.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781529680171 |
| ISBN 10 | 1529680174 |
| Title | Understanding Humans |
| Author | David Edmonds |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Sage Publications Ltd |
| Year published | 2023-10-02 |
| Number of pages | 144 |
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