1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911020333003321

Autore

Cohen Martin <1964->

Titolo

Mind games : 31 days to rediscover your brain / / Martin Cohen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, MA, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010

ISBN

9786612783708

9781444341485

1444341480

9781282783706

128278370X

9781444327960

1444327968

9781444327977

1444327976

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (170 p.)

Disciplina

128/.2

Soggetti

Consciousness

Thought experiments

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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



artist, Judit

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910963737903321

Autore

Ruse Michael

Titolo

Evolutionary naturalism : selected essays / / Michael Ruse

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1995

ISBN

1-134-87762-5

0-548-22602-4

1-280-11206-9

9786610112067

1-134-87763-3

0-203-98218-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (328 p.)

Disciplina

146/.7

Soggetti

Evolution

Evolution (Biology)

Ethics, Evolutionary

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 292-310) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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



theory.