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Record Nr.

UNINA9910800055303321

Autore

Dean Alan, Ph. D.

Titolo

Chaos and intoxication : complexity and adaptation in the structure of human nature / / Alan Dean

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1997

ISBN

1-134-75792-1

1-134-75793-X

1-280-37402-0

9786610374021

0-203-13726-4

Descrizione fisica

xvii, 178 p. : ill

Disciplina

362.292

Soggetti

Alcoholism

Human behavior

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-171) and index.

Nota di contenuto

chapter 1 The embodiment of intoxication -- chapter 2 Biology and experience -- chapter 3 The evolution of the mind -- chapter 4 Consciousness and language -- chapter 5 Reason, rationality and individual action -- chapter 6 Adaptation and uncertainty in human nature -- chapter 7 Principles of complexity and chaos -- chapter 8 Working with chaos 122 / Modelling chaos -- chapter 9 Chaos and intoxication Neurophysiological responses to intoxicants and sensitivity -- chapter 10 Is existence fractal?.