De La Mettrie's ghost : the story of decisions / / by Chris Nunn
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| Autore: |
Nunn Chris <1940->
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| Titolo: |
De La Mettrie's ghost : the story of decisions / / by Chris Nunn
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Macmillan, 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (239 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 123/.5 |
| 153.83 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Consciousness |
| Mechanism (Philosophy) | |
| Mind and body | |
| Decision making | |
| Physiology | |
| Free will and determinism | |
| Soggetto non controllato: | 21st century |
| Age of Enlightenment | |
| drama | |
| drawing | |
| enlightenment | |
| free will | |
| memory | |
| nature | |
| philosophy | |
| physics | |
| politics | |
| prose | |
| style | |
| Victorian era | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-220) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | De La Mettrie's ghost |
| ISBN: | 1-281-28369-X |
| 9786611283698 | |
| 0-230-54943-8 | |
| 0-230-55221-8 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Spagnolo |
| Record Nr.: | 9910597151903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Macmillan Science