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Self Comes To Mind
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Author : Antonio Damasio
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2011-08-31
Self Comes To Mind written by Antonio Damasio and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-08-31 with Science categories.
‘Will give pleasure to anyone interested in original thinking about the brain...Breathtakingly original’ Financial Times The trailblazing investigation of a question that has confounded us for centuries: how is consciousness created? In Self Comes to Mind, world-renowned neuroscientist Antonio Damasio goes against the long-standing idea that consciousness is separate from the body, presenting compelling new scientific evidence that consciousness - what we think of as a mind with a self - is in fact a biological process created by a living organism. His view entails a radical change in the way the history of the conscious mind is viewed and told, suggesting that the brain’s development of a human self is a challenge to nature’s indifference. Groundbreaking ideas and beautifully written, this is essential reading for anyone curious about the foundations of mind and self.
Others In Mind
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Author : Philippe Rochat
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2009-02-09
Others In Mind written by Philippe Rochat 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 2009-02-09 with Psychology categories.
In this book, Philippe Rochat explores self-consciousness, how it originates and how it shapes our lives, arguably the most important and revealing of all psychological problems. Why are we so prone to guilt and embarrassment? Why do we care so much about how others see us, about our reputation? What are the origins of such afflictions? Rochat argues that it is because we are members of a species that evolved the unique propensity to reflect upon themselves as an object of thoughts; an object of thoughts that is potentially evaluated by others. Based on empirical observations, this is a book of ideas, tapping into both developmental and anthropological phenomena and guided by strong existential intuitions regarding the human condition. At the core of these intuitions, there is the idea that human psychic life is predominantly determined by what we imagine others perceive of us.
The Ego Tunnel
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Author : Thomas Metzinger
language : en
Publisher: Basic Books
Release Date : 2009-03-17
The Ego Tunnel written by Thomas Metzinger and has been published by Basic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-03-17 with Philosophy categories.
Examine the inner workings of the mind and learn what consciousness and a sense of self really means - and if it even exists. We're used to thinking about the self as an independent entity, something that we either have or are. In The Ego Tunnel, philosopher Thomas Metzinger claims otherwise: No such thing as a self exists. The conscious self is the content of a model created by our brain-an internal image, but one we cannot experience as an image. Everything we experience is "a virtual self in a virtual reality."But if the self is not "real," why and how did it evolve? How does the brain construct it? Do we still have souls, free will, personal autonomy, or moral accountability? In a time when the science of cognition is becoming as controversial as evolution, The Ego Tunnel provides a stunningly original take on the mystery of the mind.
Beyond The Conscious Mind
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Author : Thomas R. Blakeslee
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2013-11-11
Beyond The Conscious Mind written by Thomas R. Blakeslee and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-11 with Philosophy categories.
The Nobel Prize-winning work of Roger Sperry revolutionized our understanding of human consciousness by proving that separate thinking and knowledge could exist in the left and right halves of the brain. Now, popular science writer Thomas Blakeslee - author of the highly acclaimed The Right Brain - takes us to a new level of understanding based on the theory of neural Darwinism by Gerald Edelman, another Nobel Prize winner. Blakeslee explains that our neurons spontaneously organize into hundreds of groups called modules that compete to respond to every situation in our lives - from reading this paragraph to falling in love. A vast preponderance of this activity operates outside of our conscious awareness.
Mind Self And Society
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Author : George Herbert Mead
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1934
Mind Self And Society written by George Herbert Mead and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1934 with categories.
The Self And Its Brain
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Author : Karl Raimund Popper
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 1977
The Self And Its Brain written by Karl Raimund Popper and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with Medical categories.
"This book is timely, as it appears at a point of impasse between philosophy and science. It creates the first link between the philosophy of the self and neurobiology. In dealing with the self, philosophers have so far taken little account of scientific knowledge of the brain; scientists, for their part, have traditionally avoided philosophy in favour of purely material evidence. Eccles (a neurobiologist) and Popper (a philosopher), both believers in dualism and interactionism, consider the existence of consciousness one of the greatest riddles of cosmology. In Part I, Popper discusses the philosophical issue between dualist or even pluralist interactionism on the one side, and materialism and parallelism on the other. There is also a historical review of these issues. In Part II, Eccles examines the mind from the neurological standpoint: the structure of the brain and its functional performance under normal as well as abnormal circumstances, for example when lesions (especially those surgically induced) are present. The result is a radical and intriguing hypothesis on the interaction between mental events and detailed neurological occurrences in the cerebral cortex. Part III, based on twelve recorded conversations, reflects the exciting exchange between the authors as they attempt to come to terms with their conflicting opinions. This part preserves the intimate quality of these dialogues, and shows how some of the authors' viewpoints changed in the course of these daily discussions."--front flap.
Greek Models Of Mind And Self
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Author : A. A. Long
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2015-01-05
Greek Models Of Mind And Self written by A. A. Long 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 2015-01-05 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
A. A. Long’s study of Greek notions of mind and human selfhood is anchored in questions of universal interest. What happens to us when we die? How is the mind or soul related to the body? Are we responsible for our own happiness? Can we achieve autonomy? Long shows that Greek thinkers’ modeling of the mind gave us metaphors that we still live by.
Altered Egos
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Author : Todd E. Feinberg
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2002-05-02
Altered Egos written by Todd E. Feinberg 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 2002-05-02 with Psychology categories.
It may be the deepest mystery of philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience: how does the brain unite to create the self, the subjective "I"? In Altered Egos, Dr. Todd Feinberg presents a new theory of the self, based on his first-hand experience as both a psychiatrist and neurologist. Feinberg first introduces the reader to dozens of intriguing cases of patients whose disorders have resulted in what he calls "altered egos": a change in the brain that transforms the boundaries of the self. He describes patients who suffer from "alien hand syndrome" where one hand might attack the patient's own throat, patients with frontal lobe damage who invent fantastic stories about their lives, paralyzed patients who reject and disown one of their limbs. Feinberg argues that the brain damage suffered by these people has done more than simply impair certain functions--it has fragmented their sense of self. After illustrating how these patients provide a window into the self and the mind, the author presents a new model of the self that links the workings of the brain with unique and personal features of the mind, such as meaning, purpose, and being. Drawing on his own and other evidence, Feinberg explains how the unified self, while not located in one or another brain region, arises out of the staggering complexity and number of the brain's component parts. Lucid, insightful, filled with fascinating case studies and provocative new ideas, Altered Egos promises to change the way we think about human consciousness and the creation and maintenance of human identity.
The Self Illusion
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Author : Bruce Hood
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2012-05-23
The Self Illusion written by Bruce Hood 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 2012-05-23 with Psychology categories.
Most of us believe that we are an independent, coherent self--an individual inside our head who thinks, watches, wonders, dreams, and makes plans for the future. This sense of our self may seem incredibly real but a wealth of recent scientific evidence reveals that it is not what it seems--it is all an illusion.In The Self Illusion, Bruce Hood reveals how the self emerges during childhood and how the architecture of the developing brain enables us to become social animals dependent on each other. Humans spend proportionally the greatest amount of time in childhood compared to any other animal. It's not only to learn from others, Hood notes, but also to learn to become like others. We learn to become our self. Even as adults we are continually developing and elaborating this story, learning to become different selves in different situations--the work self, the home self, the parent self. Moreover, Hood shows that this already fluid process--the construction of self--has dramatically changed in recent years. Social networking activities--such as blogging, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter--are fast becoming socialization on steroids. The speed and ease at which we can form alliances and relationships are outstripping the same selection processes that shaped our self prior to the internet era. Things will never be the same again in the online social world. Hood offers our first glimpse into this unchartered territory.Who we are is, in short, a story of our self--a narrative that our brain creates. Like the science fiction movie, we are living in a matrix that is our mind. But Hood concludes that though the self is an illusion, it is an illusion we must continue to embrace to live happily in human society.
Self Comes To Mind
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Author : Antonio Damasio
language : en
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Release Date : 2012-03-06
Self Comes To Mind written by Antonio Damasio and has been published by National Geographic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-03-06 with Philosophy categories.
A leading neuroscientist explores with authority, with imagination, and with unparalleled mastery how the brain constructs the mind and how the brain makes that mind conscious. Antonio Damasio has spent the past thirty years researching and and revealing how the brain works. Here, in his most ambitious and stunning work yet, he rejects the long-standing idea that consciousness is somehow separate from the body, and presents compelling new scientific evidence that posits an evolutionary perspective. His view entails a radical change in the way the history of the conscious mind is viewed and told, suggesting that the brain’s development of a human self is a challenge to nature’s indifference. This development helps to open the way for the appearance of culture, perhaps one of our most defining characteristics as thinking and self-aware beings.