A Brief History Of The Mind
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A Brief History Of The Mind
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Author : William H. Calvin
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2004-04
A Brief History Of The Mind written by William H. Calvin and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-04 with Medical categories.
The Brief History of Mind offers an exhilarating account of the evolution of the human brain from simpler versions of mental life in apes, Neanderthals, and our ancestors, back before our burst of creativity started 50,000 years ago.
Our Minds Our Selves
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Author : Keith Oatley
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2018-04-10
Our Minds Our Selves written by Keith Oatley and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-04-10 with Psychology categories.
An original history of psychology told through the stories of its most important breakthroughs and the people who made them Advances in psychology have revolutionized our understanding of the human mind. Imaging technology allows researchers to monitor brain activity, letting us see what happens when we perceive, think, and feel. But technology is only part of how ideas about the mind and brain have developed over the past century and a half. In Our Minds, Our Selves, distinguished psychologist and writer Keith Oatley provides an engaging, original, and authoritative history of modern psychology told through the stories of its most important breakthroughs and the men and women who made them. Our Minds, Our Selves traverses a fascinating terrain: forms of conscious and unconscious knowledge; brain physiology; emotion; stages of mental development from infancy to adulthood; language acquisition and use; the nature of memory; mental illness; morality; free will; creativity; the mind at work in art and literature; and, most important, our ability to cooperate with one another. Controversial experiments--such as Stanley Milgram's investigation of our willingness to obey authority and inflict pain and Philip Zimbardo and his colleagues' study of behavior in a simulated prison—are covered in detail. Biographical sketches illuminate the thinkers behind key insights and turning points: historical figures such as Hermann Helmholtz, Charles Darwin, Sigmund Freud, Jean Piaget, B. F. Skinner, and Alan Turing; leading contemporaries such as Geoffrey Hinton, Michael Tomasello, and Tania Singer; and influential people from other fields, including Margaret Mead, Noam Chomsky, Jane Goodall, and Gabrielle Starr. Enhancing our understanding of ourselves and others, psychology holds the potential to create a better world. Our Minds, Our Selves tells the story of this most important of sciences in a new and appealing way.
A Brief History Of The Paradox
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Author : Roy Sorensen
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2003-12-04
A Brief History Of The Paradox written by Roy Sorensen and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-12-04 with Philosophy categories.
Can God create a stone too heavy for him to lift? Can time have a beginning? Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Riddles, paradoxes, conundrums--for millennia the human mind has found such knotty logical problems both perplexing and irresistible. Now Roy Sorensen offers the first narrative history of paradoxes, a fascinating and eye-opening account that extends from the ancient Greeks, through the Middle Ages, the Enlightenment, and into the twentieth century. When Augustine asked what God was doing before He made the world, he was told: "Preparing hell for people who ask questions like that." A Brief History of the Paradox takes a close look at "questions like that" and the philosophers who have asked them, beginning with the folk riddles that inspired Anaximander to erect the first metaphysical system and ending with such thinkers as Lewis Carroll, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and W.V. Quine. Organized chronologically, the book is divided into twenty-four chapters, each of which pairs a philosopher with a major paradox, allowing for extended consideration and putting a human face on the strategies that have been taken toward these puzzles. Readers get to follow the minds of Zeno, Socrates, Aquinas, Ockham, Pascal, Kant, Hegel, and many other major philosophers deep inside the tangles of paradox, looking for, and sometimes finding, a way out. Filled with illuminating anecdotes and vividly written, A Brief History of the Paradox will appeal to anyone who finds trying to answer unanswerable questions a paradoxically pleasant endeavor.
A History Of The Mind
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Author : Nicholas Humphrey
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 1999-06-18
A History Of The Mind written by Nicholas Humphrey and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-06-18 with Medical categories.
This book is a tour-de-force on how human consciousness may have evolved. From the "phantom pain" experienced by people who have lost their limbs to the uncanny faculty of "blindsight," Humphrey argues that raw sensations are central to all conscious states and that consciousness must have evolved, just like all other mental faculties, over time from our ancestors'bodily responses to pain and pleasure. "Humphrey is one of that growing band of scientists who beat literary folk at their own game"-RICHARD DAWKINS "A wonderful bookbrilliant, unsettling, and beautifully written. Humphrey cuts bravely through the currents of contemporary thinking, opening up new vistas on old problems offering a feast of provocative ideas." -DANIEL DENNETT
The Mind Unveiled Or
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Author : Isaac Newton Kerlin
language : en
Publisher: Nabu Press
Release Date : 2014-02
The Mind Unveiled Or written by Isaac Newton Kerlin and has been published by Nabu Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-02 with categories.
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The Mind Unveiled Or A Brief History Of Twenty Two Imbecile Children
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Author : Isaac Newton Kerlin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1858
The Mind Unveiled Or A Brief History Of Twenty Two Imbecile Children written by Isaac Newton Kerlin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1858 with Children with disabilities categories.
The Natural History Of The Mind
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Author : Gordon Rattray Taylor
language : en
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Release Date : 1981
The Natural History Of The Mind written by Gordon Rattray Taylor and has been published by Penguin (Non-Classics) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with Brain categories.
The Mind Unveiled Or
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Author : Isaac Newton 1834-1893 Kerlin
language : en
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Release Date : 2022-10-27
The Mind Unveiled Or written by Isaac Newton 1834-1893 Kerlin and has been published by Legare Street Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-10-27 with categories.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
History Of The Mind Body Problem
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Author : Tim Crane
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2012-10-12
History Of The Mind Body Problem written by Tim Crane and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-12 with Philosophy categories.
History of the Mind-Body Problem is a collection of new essays by leading contributors on the various concerns that have given rise to and informed the mind-body problem in philosophy. The essays in this stellar collection discuss famous philosophers such as Aristotle, Aquinas and Descartes and cover the subjects of the origins of the qualia and intentionality.
The Mind Unveiled Or A Brief History Of Twenty Two Imbecile Children Classic Reprint
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Author : Isaac Newton Kerlin
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2017-12-06
The Mind Unveiled Or A Brief History Of Twenty Two Imbecile Children Classic Reprint written by Isaac Newton Kerlin and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-12-06 with categories.
Excerpt from The Mind Unveiled, or a Brief History of Twenty-Two Imbecile Children In the domestic circle, it is a sad evil everywhere. It weighs heavily upon parents, and bedews the hearth of home with drops Of grief. Within the friendly, social circle, it is an eye-sore spot from which every one turns, with either pity or disgust; and in the community at large, it is a burden which taxes the public purse, and calls loudly for relief. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.