LEADER 03016nam 22008894a 450 001 9910597151903321 005 20231110230529.0 010 $a1-281-28369-X 010 $a9786611283698 010 $a0-230-54943-8 010 $a0-230-55221-8 035 $a(CKB)1000000000407826 035 $a(EBL)339171 035 $a(OCoLC)476155628 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000202045 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12031195 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000202045 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10250030 035 $a(PQKB)10546191 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC339171 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/92767 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7109266 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7109266 035 $a(OCoLC)228831543 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000407826 100 $a20050701d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aspa 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDe La Mettrie's ghost $ethe story of decisions /$fby Chris Nunn 210 $aNew York $cMacmillan$d2005 215 $a1 online resource (239 p.) 225 1 $aMacmillan Science 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4039-9495-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 193-220) and index. 327 $aCover; 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; Index 330 $aThis book is about how we make choices. Drawing together evidence from 21st century chemistry to Victorian politics, enlightenment philosophy, Roman drama and beyond, it is a compelling hunt for the nature of free will. 410 0$aMacmillan Science 606 $aConsciousness 606 $aMechanism (Philosophy) 606 $aMind and body 606 $aDecision making 606 $aPhysiology 606 $aFree will and determinism 610 $a21st century 610 $aAge of Enlightenment 610 $adrama 610 $adrawing 610 $aenlightenment 610 $afree will 610 $amemory 610 $anature 610 $aphilosophy 610 $aphysics 610 $apolitics 610 $aprose 610 $astyle 610 $aVictorian era 615 0$aConsciousness. 615 0$aMechanism (Philosophy) 615 0$aMind and body. 615 0$aDecision making. 615 0$aPhysiology. 615 0$aFree will and determinism. 676 $a123/.5 676 $a153.83 700 $aNunn$b Chris$f1940-$01261229 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910597151903321 996 $aDe La Mettrie's ghost$92930071 997 $aUNINA