Mind And Belief
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Mind And Belief V
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Author : Eugene Breen
language : en
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Release Date : 2015-08-12
Mind And Belief V written by Eugene Breen and has been published by AuthorHouse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-08-12 with Psychology categories.
This book is the latest in the series The Human Mind and Belief. It is akin to an impressionist painting with ideas scattered all over the text, much like the artist daubs brushes of varying colors on the canvas. The image comes to light from a distance and forms a deep impression. The basic theme is that in order to get a life, you gotta believe. It discusses work and music and the human mind, among other topics, and peers at the deeper meaning of these realities. It is a playful teasing of man, much like a cat plays with a mouse before devouring him! By leading man on a merry dance through some of his interests, and by distracting him with his own things, the clinical eye of the writer and reader observe man when he thinks no one is looking and so reveals himself in his true colors. What you see is in the eye of the beholder and many poor uneducated blind people see the truth of life when thus confronted by man in his underwear, whereas many educated intelligent clear-sighted people do not.
Memory Brain And Belief
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Author : Daniel L. Schacter
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2001
Memory Brain And Belief written by Daniel L. Schacter and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Medical categories.
This text will be stimulating to scholars in several academic fields. It ranges from cognitive, neurological and pathological perspectives on memory and belief, to memory and belief in autobiographical narratives.
Brain Belief
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Author : John J. McGraw
language : en
Publisher: AEGIS PRESS
Release Date : 2004
Brain Belief written by John J. McGraw and has been published by AEGIS PRESS this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
From its beginnings in prehistoric religion to its central importance in Western faith traditions, the soul has been a constant source of fascination and speculation. Brain & Belief seeks to understand mankind's obsession with life, death, and the afterlife. Exploring the latest insights from neuroscience, psychopharmacology, and existential psychology, McGraw exhaustively researches the various takes on the human soul and considers the meaning of the soul in a postmodern world. The ambitious scope of the book is balanced by a deeply personal voice whose sympathy for both science and religion is resonant.
The Human Mind And Belief 3 Reloaded
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Author : Eugene G. Breen
language : en
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Release Date : 2014-08-21
The Human Mind And Belief 3 Reloaded written by Eugene G. Breen and has been published by AuthorHouse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-08-21 with Psychology categories.
Mans search for meaning is a perennial quest. The workings and desires and hopes and frustrations of the mind, tell us many things about it, and why it is the way it is. The awesome capacity of the entire person to become addicted to almost anything, throws a light on our strength and also our weakness. The human face is a shadow cast by the mind, and more often than not, it functions as a one-way mirror rather than a true reflection of what is going on beneath the surface. We become attached to people and things, and we actually love. The exhilaration of true joy crafted onto a robust scaffold of pain and disappointment and suffering and sorrow is counter intuitive yet very real. Joy in the possession of the beloved is as good as it gets down here, but our minds pine for this bliss always. This longing for joy is not a vestigial structure in a once functional lobe of our primordial brains that has become atrophied due to disuse. It is the flicker of light at the end of our tunnel showing us the way to go. The human mind is truly a blueprint of our destiny.
The Human Mind And Belief
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Author : Eugene G Breen
language : en
Publisher: Author House
Release Date : 2013
The Human Mind And Belief written by Eugene G Breen and has been published by Author House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Psychology categories.
The human mind is all we have got to understand anything. There is enormous variety in the capacity and the spectrum of human minds. Some think little, some invent, some have the genius factor, and most are the basic model. They all have common characteristics such as desire for knowledge, for love, for happiness, for understanding of suffering and grief. Some ponder the bigger questions like, the meaning of life, the immortality of the soul, the existence of God, and others don't or ignore them. The nature of knowledge and the capacity of the human mind to "know" are mysteries. The inexorible progress of humanity and striving toward more information and technical advancement begs the question the song asks "is that all there is?" What is the end game for man, the human mind and the world as we know it? These and other thought provoking issues have exercized the mind of man since forever. These pages, gleaned from the exposure to the mental suffering of thousands of patients, tries to make a user friendly guide to the human brain/mind, and what it means to be human.
Mind And Belief
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Author : Mitchell Ginsberg
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1972
Mind And Belief written by Mitchell Ginsberg and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1972 with categories.
The Believing Brain
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Author : Michael Shermer
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2012-06-07
The Believing Brain written by Michael Shermer and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-06-07 with Science categories.
Synthesizing thirty years of research, psychologist and science historian, Michael Shermer upends the traditional thinking about how humans form beliefs about the world. Simply put, beliefs come first and explanations for beliefs follow. The brain, Shermer argues, is a belief engine. Using sensory data that flow in through the senses, the brain naturally looks for and finds patterns - and then infuses those patterns with meaning, forming beliefs. Once beliefs are formed, our brains subconsciously seek out confirmatory evidence in support of those beliefs, which accelerates the process of reinforcing them, and round and round the process goes in a positive-feedback loop. In The Believing Brain, Shermer provides countless real-world examples of how this process operates, from politics, economics, and religion to conspiracy theories, the supernatural, and the paranormal. Ultimately, he demonstrates why science is the best tool ever devised to determine whether or not our belief matches reality.
Religion In Mind
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Author : Jensine Andresen
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2001-06-28
Religion In Mind written by Jensine Andresen and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-06-28 with Psychology categories.
Religion in Mind is a 2001 text which summarizes and extends the advances in the cognitive study of religion throughout the 1990s. It uses empirical research from psychology and anthropology to illuminate various components of religious belief, ritual, and experience. The book examines cognitive dimensions of religion within a naturalistic view of culture, while respecting the phenomenology of religion and drawing together teachers of religion, psychologists of religion, and cognitive scientists. Expert contributors focus on phenomena such as belief-fixation and transmission; attributions of agency; anthropomorphizing; counterintuitive religious representations; the well-formedness of religious rituals; links between religious representations and emotions; and the development of god concepts. The work encourages greater interdisciplinary linkages between scholars from different fields and will be of interest to researchers in anthropology, psychology, sociology, history, philosophy, and cognitive science. It also will interest more general readers in religion and science.
Why We Believe What We Believe
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Author : Andrew Newberg
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2006-09-12
Why We Believe What We Believe written by Andrew Newberg and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-09-12 with Science categories.
WHY DO YOU BELIEVE THE THINGS YOU BELIEVE? Do you remember events differently from how they really happened? Where do your superstitions come from? How do morals evolve? Why are some people religious and others nonreligious? Everyone has thoughts and questions like these, and now Andrew Newberg and Mark Waldman expose, for the first time, how our complex views emerge from the neural activities of the brain. Bridging science, psychology, and religion, they demonstrate, in simple terminology, how the brain perceives reality and transforms it into an extraordinary range of personal, ethical, and creative premises that we use to build meaning, value, spirituality, and truth into our lives. When you come to understand this remarkable process, it will change forever the way you look at the world and yourself. Supported by groundbreaking research, including brain scans of people as they pray, meditate, and even speak in tongues, Newberg and Waldman propose a new model for how deep convictions emerge and influence our lives. You will even glimpse how the mind of an atheist works when contemplating God.Using personal stories, moral paradoxes, and optical illusions, the authors demonstrate how our brains construct our fondest assumptions about reality, offering recommendations for exercising your most important muscle in order to develop a more life-affirming, flexible range of attitudes. You'll discover how to: Recognize when your beliefs are altered by others Guard against mental traps and prejudicial thinking Distinguish between destructive and constructive beliefs Cultivate spiritual and ethical ideals Ultimately, we must always return to our beliefs. From the ordinary to the extraordinary, they give meaning to the mysteries of life, providing us with our individual uniqueness and the ability to fill our lives with joy. Most important, though, they give us inspiration and hope, beacons to guide us through the light and dark corners of the soul
Mind And Religion
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Author : Harvey Whitehouse
language : en
Publisher: Rowman Altamira
Release Date : 2005
Mind And Religion written by Harvey Whitehouse and has been published by Rowman Altamira this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Psychology categories.
This collection examines new psychological evidence for the modal theory and attempts to synthesize this theory with other theories of cognition and religion.