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A Critique of Nicotine Addiction
Nicotine is almost universally believed to be the major factor that motivates smoking and impedes cessation. Authorities such as the Surgeon General of the USA and the Royal College of Physicians in the UK have declared that nicotine is as addictive as heroin and cocaine. This book is a critique of the nicotine addiction hypothesis, based on a critical review of the research literature that purports to prove that nicotine is as addictive drug. The review is based on a re-examination of more than 700 articles and books on this subject, including animal and human experimental studies, effects of `nicotine replacement therapies', and many other relevant sources. This review concludes that on present evidence, there is every reason to reject the generally accepted theory that nicotine has a major role in cigarette smoking. A critical examination of the criteria for drug addiction demonstrates that none of these criteria is met by nicotine, and that it is much more likely that nicotine in fact limits rather than facilitates smoking.
Trauma in First Person
An examination of what can be learned by looking at the journals and diaries of Jews living during the Holocaust. What are the effects of radical oppression on the human psyche? What happens to the inner self of the powerless and traumatized victim, especially during times of widespread horror? In this bold and deeply penetrating book, Amos Goldberg addresses diary writing by Jews under Nazi persecution. Throughout Europe, in towns, villages, ghettos, forests, hideouts, concentration and labor camps, and even in extermination camps, Jews of all ages and of all cultural backgrounds described in writing what befell them. Goldberg claims that diary and memoir writing was perhaps the most import...
Rethinking Self-Control
Research on self-control in both philosophy and psychology is thriving. Yet, despite a wealth of recent philosophical work on the exercise of self-control, there has been surprisingly little empirically informed work in philosophy on self-control as a psychological trait. This book aims to fill this gap. There is abundant evidence that self-control is beneficial both to those who have it and to the societies in which they live. This book shows that the neo-Aristotelian framework for understanding self-control-related traits, which has dominated both philosophy and the sciences, is psychologically unrealistic and should be replaced. The traditional conceptions of temperance and continence nee...
Rauchen zwischen Sucht und Genuss
Birgitta Kolte überprüft die Plausibilität des Suchtkonzeptes im Tabakbereich durch problemzentrierte Interviews mit KonsumentInnen und erhebt in diesem Zusammenhang zugleich die Morphologie differenter Gebrauchsmuster. Hierbei sind einerseits sogenannte "kontrollierte" oder auch genussorientierte Konsummuster von besonderem Interesse; andererseits wird untersucht, wie sich das "Erklärungsprinzip der Sucht" in den Deutungen des eigenen Rauchverhaltens bei den unterschiedlichen KonsumentInnengruppen repräsentiert. Die Autorin zeigt, dass sich die Problematisierung des Rauchens als Nikotinsucht gesundheitspolitisch als kontraproduktiv erweist, da sie im Sinne einer sich selbst erfüllenden Prophezeiung sowohl eine autonome Steuerung des Zigarettenkonsums als auch Entwöhnungsversuche erschwert.
Akıldışının Mantığı
New York Times'ın satış rekorları kıran kitabı Akıldışı Ama Öngörülebilir'in yazarından! Doğrusu, bilgisayarlar kadar mantıklı olmayışımız bir eksiklik değil, aksine ayırt edici bir özellik. Bu aydınlatıcı ve enfes kitapta, duygusal yanımızın akılcı yanımıza eninde sonunda nasıl baskın geldiğini göreceksiniz. Görmezden geldiğiniz tatsız gerçekler artık tam karşınızda!-ChrisAnderson, Wired dergisi yayın yönetmeni,Uzun Kuyruk ve Bedava'nın yazarı Dan Ariely, sıradışı bir sosyal bilimci olduğu kadar, benim kahramanlarımdan da biri. Onun parmak ısırtan deneyleri ve kendi iyileşme öyküsün sayesinde, kendi başımıza asla öğrenemeyec...
Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces that Shape Our Decisions
Why do smart people make irrational decisions every day? The answers will surprise you. Predictably Irrational is an intriguing, witty and utterly original look at why we all make illogical decisions.
Quicklet on Dan Ariely's The Upside of Irrationality (CliffNotes-like Book Summary and Analysis)
ABOUT THE BOOK I've tried to shed some light on a few of the biases that plague our decisions across many different domains, from the workplace to personal happiness.” The Upside of Irrationality is Dan Ariely’s follow up book to his bestselling, Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions. His first book explored the downside of our inherent biases and irrational behavior. The Upside of Irrationality builds on the tenets of the first book, primarily how our reasoning abilities are often usurped by illogical forces. In The Upside of Irrationality, Ariely allows us to be a fly on the wall for his very interesting, hands-on experiments, which reveal how our behaviors...
