03016nam 22008894a 450 991059715190332120231110230529.01-281-28369-X97866112836980-230-54943-80-230-55221-8(CKB)1000000000407826(EBL)339171(OCoLC)476155628(SSID)ssj0000202045(PQKBManifestationID)12031195(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000202045(PQKBWorkID)10250030(PQKB)10546191(MiAaPQ)EBC339171(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/92767(MiAaPQ)EBC7109266(Au-PeEL)EBL7109266(OCoLC)228831543(EXLCZ)99100000000040782620050701d2005 uy 0spaur|n|---|||||txtccrDe La Mettrie's ghost the story of decisions /by Chris NunnNew York Macmillan20051 online resource (239 p.)Macmillan ScienceDescription based upon print version of record.1-4039-9495-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-220) and index.Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Back to basics; 3 Memory; 4 Free will and free won't; 5 Illusions of willing; 6 Susan's tale (Part I); 7 Objects in mind; 8 More cognitive objects; 9 Weariness - Victorian and modern; 10 Good ideas; 11 Susan's tale (Part II); 12 Stories and their people; 13 Of laws, physics and stories; Epilogue: On being a story; Notes; References; IndexThis book is about how we make choices. Drawing together evidence from 21st century chemistry to Victorian politics, enlightenment philosophy, Roman drama and beyond, it is a compelling hunt for the nature of free will.Macmillan Science ConsciousnessMechanism (Philosophy)Mind and bodyDecision makingPhysiologyFree will and determinism21st centuryAge of Enlightenmentdramadrawingenlightenmentfree willmemorynaturephilosophyphysicspoliticsprosestyleVictorian eraConsciousness.Mechanism (Philosophy)Mind and body.Decision making.Physiology.Free will and determinism.123/.5153.83Nunn Chris1940-1261229MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910597151903321De La Mettrie's ghost2930071UNINA