03691nam 22010335 450 991059715190332120250718173247.097866112836989781281283696128128369X978023054943202305494389780230552210023055221810.1007/978-0-230-55221-0(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(DE-He213)978-0-230-55221-0(MiAaPQ)EBC3027560(ODN)ODN0010067840(EXLCZ)99100000000040782620171020d2005 u| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDe La Mettrie's Ghost The Story Of Decisions /by C. Nunn1st ed. 2005.New York :Palgrave Macmillan US :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2005.1 online resource (239 p.)Macmillan Science,2947-7395Description based upon print version of record.9781403994950 1403994951 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,2947-7395Philosophy of mindScienceHistorySciencePhilosophyPsychologySocial sciencesHistorySocial sciencesHumanitiesEngineeringPhilosophy of MindHistory of SciencePhilosophy of ScienceHistory of PsychologyHumanities and Social SciencesTechnology and EngineeringPhilosophy of mind.ScienceHistory.SciencePhilosophy.Psychology.Social sciencesHistory.Social sciences.Humanities.Engineering.Philosophy of Mind.History of Science.Philosophy of Science.History of Psychology.Humanities and Social Sciences.Technology and Engineering.123/.5153.83PHI015000PSY015000SCI000000SCI034000SCI075000bisacshNunn Chris1940-1261229MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910597151903321De La Mettrie's ghost2930071UNINA