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Currency, Identity and Trust - Cryptocurrencies, Central Bank Digital Currencies, and the case for the Bahamian Sand Dollar (2023)
Book Chapter
Syrrakos, D., Kuehnlenz, S., & Shand, R. (2024). Currency, Identity and Trust - Cryptocurrencies, Central Bank Digital Currencies, and the case for the Bahamian Sand Dollar. In Intercultural Issues in the Workplace. (1). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-42320-8_10

The chapter focuses on the intercultural aspects of money and national currencies. It draws on the historical evolution of the use of money during the last three centuries and assesses the major developments since 1945. In doing so, the links between... Read More about Currency, Identity and Trust - Cryptocurrencies, Central Bank Digital Currencies, and the case for the Bahamian Sand Dollar.

‘The world seemed very large around me’: Urban Regeneration and the Sublime in Benjamin Markovits’s You Don’t Have to Live Like This (2023)
Book Chapter
Peacock, J. (2023). ‘The world seemed very large around me’: Urban Regeneration and the Sublime in Benjamin Markovits’s You Don’t Have to Live Like This. In Benjamin Markovits Critical Essays. (1). Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781032614892-6

Halfway through Markovits’ novel about a scheme to regenerate Detroit’s neighbourhoods, the narrator, Greg Marnier (known as Marny), returns from his girlfriend’s apartment in the snow. On Mack Avenue, he starts to feel “scared” and reflects on “the... Read More about ‘The world seemed very large around me’: Urban Regeneration and the Sublime in Benjamin Markovits’s You Don’t Have to Live Like This.

The Style of Defoe’s Correspondence (2023)
Book Chapter
Mierowsky, M. The Style of Defoe’s Correspondence. In The Oxford Handbook of Daniel Defoe Get access Arrow (177-194). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198827177.013.10

This chapter examines Daniel Defoe’s use of letters, both within printed works that adopt an epistolary format such as The Complete English Tradesman (1725–7) and his personal correspondence with politicians and other associates. The chapter reveals... Read More about The Style of Defoe’s Correspondence.

Defoe and Economics (2023)
Book Chapter
Seager, N. Defoe and Economics. In The Oxford Handbook of Daniel Defoe (249-271). Oxford University Press (OUP). https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198827177.013.41

This chapter outlines Daniel Defoe’s economic ideas, first situating his periodical essays, pamphlets, and economic tracts in the context of the financial revolution, then considering anxieties he expresses about the new ‘culture of commerce’, and fi... Read More about Defoe and Economics.

The Celebrated Daniel De Foe (2023)
Book Chapter
Seager, N. The Celebrated Daniel De Foe. In The Oxford Handbook of Daniel Defoe (583-609). Oxford University Press (OUP). https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198827177.013.40

The story of Daniel Defoe’s publication, from his death in 1731 to the mid-twentieth century, shows three things that have been inadequately acknowledged in accounts of his posthumous reputation. First, his writings were extensively republished, and... Read More about The Celebrated Daniel De Foe.

Defoe and Economics: Industry, Trade, and Finance (2023)
Book Chapter
Seager, N. (2023). Defoe and Economics: Industry, Trade, and Finance. In N. Seager, & J. A. Downie (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Daniel Defoe (249-271). Oxford University Press (OUP). https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198827177.013.41

This chapter outlines Daniel Defoe’s economic ideas, first situating his periodical essays, pamphlets, and economic tracts in the context of the financial revolution, then considering anxieties he expresses about the new ‘culture of commerce’, and fi... Read More about Defoe and Economics: Industry, Trade, and Finance.

The Celebrated Daniel De Foe: Publication History, 1731-1945 (2023)
Book Chapter
Seager, N. (2023). The Celebrated Daniel De Foe: Publication History, 1731-1945. In N. Seager, & J. A. Downie (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Daniel Defoe (583-609). Oxford: Oxford University Press (OUP). https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198827177.013.40

The story of Daniel Defoe’s publication, from his death in 1731 to the mid-twentieth century, shows three things that have been inadequately acknowledged in accounts of his posthumous reputation. First, his writings were extensively republished, and... Read More about The Celebrated Daniel De Foe: Publication History, 1731-1945.

To reply or not to reply, that is the question: descriptive metaphysics and the sceptical challenge (2023)
Book Chapter
D'Oro. (2023). To reply or not to reply, that is the question: descriptive metaphysics and the sceptical challenge. In P.F. Strawson and His Legacy. In Audun Bengtson, Benjamin De Mesel and Sybren Heyndels (eds.) (192-211). Oxford University Press (OUP). https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192858474.003.0010

How should one respond to scepticism? Should one seek to refute it? Or should scepticism be ignored? This chapter explores four responses to scepticism: that of ambitious, truth-directed transcendental arguments; that of modest transcendental argumen... Read More about To reply or not to reply, that is the question: descriptive metaphysics and the sceptical challenge.

The Lowest Eigenfrequencies of an Immersed Thin Elastic Cylindrical Shell (2023)
Book Chapter
Yücel, H., Erbaş, B., Ege, N., & Kaplunov, J. (2023). The Lowest Eigenfrequencies of an Immersed Thin Elastic Cylindrical Shell. In Advances in Linear and Nonlinear Continuum and Structural Mechanics (559-571). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-43210-1_31

The plane strain time-harmonic motion of an immersed cylindrical elastic shell is considered. The revisit to this classical problem is motivated by modern technical applications, including the investigation of low-frequency band gaps arising at acous... Read More about The Lowest Eigenfrequencies of an Immersed Thin Elastic Cylindrical Shell.

Perception (2023)
Book Chapter
Ball, L. J., Butler, L. T., Sherman, S. M., & St Clair-Thompson, H. (2023). Perception. In Cognitive Psychology in a Changing World. (1). Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003145851-12

We take it for granted that we can recognise the things in our environment, like the words on this page or a person across the room. But how do we receive information from our senses and then recognise people and objects, to interact with the world a... Read More about Perception.

Concepts and categories (2023)
Book Chapter
Ball, L. J., Butler, L. T., Sherman, S. M., & St Clair-Thompson, H. (2023). Concepts and categories. In Cognitive Psychology in a Changing World. (1). Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003145851-5

In this chapter, we consider how we define categories and the associated mental representation of a category, or concept. Furniture is an example of a category of items such as chairs, tables, sideboards and footstools. Each of the members of the cat... Read More about Concepts and categories.

Judgement and decision making (2023)
Book Chapter
Ball, L. J., Butler, L. T., Sherman, S. M., & St Clair-Thompson, H. (2023). Judgement and decision making. In Cognitive Psychology in a Changing World. (1). Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003145851-6

This chapter is concerned with two related processes – judgement and decision making. We start off by looking at how we make judgements, specifically considering the role that probability judgements, for example availability and representativeness he... Read More about Judgement and decision making.

Creativity and expertise (2023)
Book Chapter
Ball, L. J., Butler, L. T., Sherman, S. M., & St Clair-Thompson, H. (2023). Creativity and expertise. In Cognitive Psychology in a Changing World. (1). Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003145851-3

In this chapter, we explore the remarkable capacity for creativity that humans possess. The first part of the chapter focuses on creative cognition. We start by defining what creativity is and then consider some of the processes underpinning it. We c... Read More about Creativity and expertise.

Everyday memory (2023)
Book Chapter
Ball, L. J., Butler, L. T., Sherman, S. M., & St Clair-Thompson, H. (2023). Everyday memory. In Cognitive Psychology in a Changing World. (1). Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003145851-10

This chapter is concerned with memory processes that occur within one’s typical daily environment. It first considers autobiographical memories, memories about us and our personal experiences, exploring theories and characteristics of autobiographica... Read More about Everyday memory.

Problem solving (2023)
Book Chapter
Ball, L. J., Butler, L. T., Sherman, S. M., & St Clair-Thompson, H. (2023). Problem solving. In Cognitive Psychology in a Changing World. (1). Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003145851-2

Humans are excellent problem solvers. In this chapter, we explore what we mean by a problem, and we look at examples of both simple and more complex problems. We also consider the representations and processes that people use to solve them. We explor... Read More about Problem solving.

Attention (2023)
Book Chapter
Ball, L. J., Butler, L. T., Sherman, S. M., & St Clair-Thompson, H. (2023). Attention. In Cognitive Psychology in a Changing World. (1). Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003145851-11

Attention is fundamental for most of our daily lives. However, there are limits to our attention, meaning that we cannot attend to all information that we encounter. This chapter examines focused attention, considering theories of attention, whether... Read More about Attention.

Memory and forgetting (2023)
Book Chapter
Ball, L. J., Butler, L. T., Sherman, S. M., & St Clair-Thompson, H. (2023). Memory and forgetting. In Cognitive Psychology in a Changing World. (1). Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003145851-9

Every day we encounter a huge amount of information. But how much of it can we remember? How do we remember? And why do we sometimes forget? This chapter introduces models of the architecture of memory, at the heart of which is a distinction between... Read More about Memory and forgetting.