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UNINA9910812236303321 |
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Autore |
Nunn Chris |
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Titolo |
Who was Mrs. Willett? : landscapes and dynamics of mind / / Christ Nunn |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Exceter [England] ; ; Charlottesville, Va., : Imprint Academic, 2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-84540-412-2 |
1-84540-413-0 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (246 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Consciousness |
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Spiritualists |
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Formato |
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. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover -- Contents -- Front matter -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Acknowledgements -- Body matter -- Introduction -- 1: Of Spooks and the Gentry -- 2: What Size Tells Us -- 3: Picturing Mentality -- 4: The Boundaries of Mind -- 5: Turning on the Lights -- 6: The Shape of Consciousness? -- 7: Of Matter, Laws and Time -- 8: The Wilder Shores of Experience -- 9: Making Sense of 'Mrs Willett' -- 10: The End of Time? -- Back matter -- Bibliography -- Also available. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Here is an account of mentality and human experience, written for a multi-disciplinary readership. The focus is on how mind, consciousness and selves inter-relate, extending into exploration of ideas about the nature of awareness and a search for relevant evidence.'Consciousness studies' has reached something of a crossroads nowadays. Computational approaches to mind and 'quantum consciousness' theories, have not lived up to early hopes. Neuroscience has made huge strides in the last few y... |
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