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“nicholas allott”

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  • Chomsky

    Ideas and Ideals

    by Neil Smith, Nicholas Allott ...
    Noam Chomsky continues to be one of the most influential intellectual figures of modern times. His wide-ranging contributions to the fields of linguistics, psychology, philosophy and politics have revolutionised our view of language, the mind and human nature. Assuming no prior knowledge of linguistics, this book explores Chomsky's key theories, especially recent developments in his Minimalist ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

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  • Self Comes to Mind

    Constructing the Conscious Brain

    by Antonio Damasio ...
    A leading neuroscientist explores with authority, with imagination, and with unparalleled mastery how the brain constructs the mind and how the brain makes that mind conscious.Antonio Damasio has spent the past thirty years researching and and revealing how the brain works. Here, in his most ambitious and stunning work yet, he rejects the long-standing idea that consciousness is somehow separate ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • The New Science of the Mind

    From Extended Mind to Embodied Phenomenology

    by Mark Rowlands ...
    An investigation into the conceptual foundations of a new way of thinking about the mind that does not locate all cognition "in the head."There is a new way of thinking about the mind that does not locate mental processes exclusively "in the head." Some think that this expanded conception of the mind will be the basis of a new science of the mind. In this book, leading philosopher Mark Rowlands ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Essential Transcendentalists

    by Richard G. Geldard ...
    Interest abounds in the work of the Transcendentalists, such as Emerson, Thoreau, and Bronson Alcott. Each year, tens of thousands of readers rediscover Transcendental thought in books and articles, and in visits to historic sites, such as Walden Pond. But few appreciate the truly mystical and contemplative qualities of the Transcendentalists, and the spiritual movements and figures they have ... Read more

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  • Thought

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Tim Bayne ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    There is no denying that thinking comes naturally to human beings. But what are thoughts? How is thought realized in the brain? Does thinking occur in public or is it a purely private affair? Do young children and non-human animals think? Is human thought the same everywhere, or are there culturally specific modes of thought? What is the relationship between thought and language? What kind of ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Epistemology

    A Contemporary Introduction to the Theory of Knowledge

    by Robert Audi ...
    Series series Routledge Contemporary Introductions to Philosophy
    Epistemology, or “the theory of knowledge,” is concerned with how we know what we know, what justifies us in believing what we believe, and what standards of evidence we should use in seeking truths about the world and human experience. This comprehensive introduction to the field of epistemology explains the concepts and theories central to understanding knowledge. Along with covering the ... Read more

    Was $70.99 USD Now $62.99 USD

  • A Companion to the Philosophy of Action

    Edited by Timothy O'Connor, Constantine Sandis ...
    Series series Wiley Companions to Philosophy
    A Companion to the Philosophy of Action offers a comprehensive overview of the issues and problems central to the philosophy of action.The first volume to survey the entire field of philosophy of action (the central issues and processes relating to human actions)Brings together specially commissioned chapters from international expertsDiscusses a range of ideas and doctrines, including rationality ... Read more

    $44.00 USD

  • Consciousness

    by Christopher S. Hill ...
    This book presents a comprehensive theory of consciousness. The initial chapter distinguishes six main forms of consciousness and sketches an account of each one. Later chapters focus on phenomenal consciousness, consciousness of, and introspective consciousness. In discussing phenomenal consciousness, Hill develops the representational theory of mind in new directions, arguing that all awareness ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • The Self and its Emotions

    by Kristján Kristjánsson ...
    Series series Studies in Emotion and Social Interaction
    If there is one value that seems beyond reproach in modernity, it is that of the self and the terms that cluster around it, such as self-esteem, self-confidence and self-respect. It is not clear, however, that all those who invoke the self really know what they are talking about, or that they are all talking about the same thing. What is this thing called 'self', then, and what is its ... Read more

    $40.19 USD

  • God and Spirituality

    Philosophical Essays

    by Glenn F. Chesnut ...
    This book takes us on a journey through three thousand years of history, showing us men and women searching for God and finding the answers to their quest in an amazingly diverse variety of life experiences. The author introduces us to pagan Greeks and Romans, ancient Hebrew authors, Christians (Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Protestant) from all periods of history, the physicists Albert Einstein ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Why Control Your Imagination?

    How Psychologists Can (Re)Discover Their Souls

    by Frederick Bauer ...
    The Western Tradition is that humans are partially spiritual beings with an immortal destiny. This tradition is under heavy attack, most of all perhaps from neuroscience. According to Richard Watson, biographer of Descartes, the future looks like this: When humankind finally faces the fact that the mind is the brain, that there is no independently existing mental soul to survive the death of the ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • The Limits of Free Will

    by Paul Russell ...
    The Limits of Free Will presents influential articles by Paul Russell concerning free will and moral responsibility. The problems arising in this field of philosophy, which are deeply rooted in the history of the subject, are also intimately related to a wide range of other fields, such as law and criminology, moral psychology, theology, and, more recently, neuroscience. These articles were ... Read more

    $97.19 USD