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UNINA9910456731803321 |
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Thagard Paul |
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The brain and the meaning of life [[electronic resource] /] / Paul Thagard |
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Princeton, NJ, : Princeton University Press, 2010 |
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1-4008-3461-9 |
1-282-93616-6 |
9786612936166 |
1-282-45799-3 |
9786612457999 |
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[Course Book] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (293 p.) |
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Life |
Cognitive science |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter One. We All Need Wisdom -- Chapter Two. Evidence Beats Faith -- Chapter Three. Minds are Brains -- Chapter Four. How Brains Know Reality -- Chapter Five. How Brains Feel Emotions -- Chapter Six. How Brains Decide -- Chapter Seven. Why Life Is Worth Living -- Chapter Eight. Needs and Hopes -- Chapter Nine. Ethical Brains -- Chapter Ten. Making Sense Of It All -- Notes -- Glossary -- References -- Index |
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Why is life worth living? What makes actions right or wrong? What is reality and how do we know it? The Brain and the Meaning of Life draws on research in philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience to answer some of the most pressing questions about life's nature and value. Paul Thagard argues that evidence requires the abandonment of many traditional ideas about the soul, free will, and immortality, and shows how brain science matters for fundamental issues about reality, morality, and the meaning of life. The ongoing Brain Revolution reveals how love, work, and play provide good reasons for living. Defending the superiority of evidence-based reasoning over religious faith and |
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philosophical thought experiments, Thagard argues that minds are brains and that reality is what science can discover. Brains come to know reality through a combination of perception and reasoning. Just as important, our brains evaluate aspects of reality through emotions that can produce both good and bad decisions. Our cognitive and emotional abilities allow us to understand reality, decide effectively, act morally, and pursue the vital needs of love, work, and play. Wisdom consists of knowing what matters, why it matters, and how to achieve it. The Brain and the Meaning of Life shows how brain science helps to answer questions about the nature of mind and reality, while alleviating anxiety about the difficulty of life in a vast universe. The book integrates decades of multidisciplinary research, but its clear explanations and humor make it accessible to the general reader. |
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UNISA996309062603316 |
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Autore |
Peres da Silva Glaucia |
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Music practices across borders : (e)valuating space, diversity and exchange / / edited by Glaucia Peres da Silva and Konstantin Hondros |
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Bielefeld, Germany, : transcript Verlag, 2019 |
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Bielefeld, Germany : , : Transcript Verlag, , [2019] |
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©2019 |
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[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (214 p.) |
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Collana |
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Musik und Klangkultur ; 35 |
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Music - Effect of multiculturalism on |
Music - Social aspects |
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Frontmatter 1 Content 5 Introduction-Music practices across borders 7 Valuation in a reversed economy 41 Culture, creativity and practice 61 "Come and expose yourself to the fantastic music from around the world" 85 From desire for recognition to desire for independence 105 The invention of African art music 127 Contemplating musical life in Tunisia under the French protectorate- |
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the society and challenges 151 The construction of an Italian diasporic identity in the city of Buenos Aires at the turn of the 19th century 167 Brazilian grooves and cultured clichés 191 About the authors 211 |
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Connecting migration studies and the theory of valuation, this collection offers an interdisciplinary approach to the study of transnational music practices. Conceiving music as a practice not confined to audibility, the contributions reveal how music emerges in concrete situations through people, objects, techniques, meanings, and emotions in different parts of the world and during different historic periods. Values are thereby created and shared, and creative processes are evaluated in terms of diversity, space and exchange. This book presents cases of contemporary, popular and traditional music, festivals and trade fairs, albums and band projects, shedding light on the tensions between the transfer, reconstruction and creation of music in different contexts. |
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