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UNINA9911020333003321 |
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Autore |
Cohen Martin <1964-> |
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Titolo |
Mind games : 31 days to rediscover your brain / / Martin Cohen |
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Malden, MA, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010 |
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9786612783708 |
9781444341485 |
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9781282783706 |
128278370X |
9781444327960 |
1444327968 |
9781444327977 |
1444327976 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (170 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Consciousness |
Thought experiments |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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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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MIND GAMES; Contents; Forward!; Acknowledgements; How To Use This Book; Week 1: Influencing the Reptile Mind; Week 2: Observing the Development of Little Minds; Week 3: Experiments in Practical Philosophy; Week 4: Miscellaneous Philosophical Investigations; Debriefing; Appendix A: Three Lines Test; Sources and Suggestions for Further Reading; Index |
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This original and innovative book is an exploration of one of the key mysteries of the mind, the question of consciousness. Conducted through a one month course of both practical and entertaining 'thought experiments', these stimulating mind-games are used as a vehicle for investigating the complexities of the way the mind works.By turns, fun, eye-opening and intriguing approach to thinking about thinking, which contains inventive and engaging 'thought experiments' for the general readerIncludes specially drawn illustrations by the French avant-garde |
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UNINA9910963737903321 |
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Autore |
Ruse Michael |
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Titolo |
Evolutionary naturalism : selected essays / / Michael Ruse |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1995 |
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1-134-87762-5 |
0-548-22602-4 |
1-280-11206-9 |
9786610112067 |
1-134-87763-3 |
0-203-98218-5 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (328 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Evolution |
Evolution (Biology) |
Ethics, Evolutionary |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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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 (p. 292-310) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; Part I CASE STUDIES; INTRODUCTION; 1 OUGHT PHILOSOPHERS CONSIDER SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY?; 2 ARE PICTURES REALLY NECESSARY?; 3 CONTROVERSY IN PALAEONTOLOGY; Part II EVOLUTIONARY EPISTEMOLOGY; INTRODUCTION; 4 A THREEFOLD PARALLELISM FOR OUR TIME?; 5 SCIENTIFIC CHANGE IS A FAMILY AFFAIR!; 6 THE VIEW FROM SOMEWHERE; Part III EVOLUTIONARY ETHICS; INTRODUCTION; 7 EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY AND CULTURAL VALUES; 8 EVOLUTION AND ETHICS; 9 EVOLUTIONARY ETHICS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX |
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A collection of essays on the history and philosophy of evolutionary biology which put the theory of knowledge and of moral behaviour on a philosophical basis informed by contemporary evolutionary biological |
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