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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



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