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Author : John-Michael Kuczynski
Publisher : John-Michael Kuczynski
Page : 1003 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
A comprehensive treatise on analytic philosophy, with special attention paid to the theoretical basis of psychopathology.
Author : Paul Thagard
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2010-02-14
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780691142722
Defending the superiority of evidence-based reasoning over religious faith and philosophical thought experiments, Thagard argues that minds are brains and that reality is what science can discover. Brains come to know reality through a combination of perception and reasoning. Just as important, our brains evaluate aspects of reality through emotions that can produce both good and bad decisions. Our cognitive and emotional abilities allow us to understand reality, decide effectively, act morally, and pursue the vital needs of love, work, and play. Wisdom consists of knowing what matters, why it matters, and how to achieve it."--Jacket.
Author : Derek Bolton,Jonathan Hill
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Causation
ISBN : UOM:39015037772079
Philosophical ideas about the mind, brain, and behavior can seem theoretical and unimportant when placed alongside the urgent questions of mental distress and disorder. However, there is a need to give direction to attempts to answer these questions. On the one hand, a substantial research effort is going into the investigation of brain processes and the development of drug treatments for psychiatric disorders, and on the other, a wide range of psychotherapies is becoming available to adults and children with mental health problems. These two strands reflect traditional distinctions between mind and body, and causal as opposed to meaningful explanations of behavior. In this book, which has been written for psychiatrists, psychologists, philosophers, and others in related fields, the authors propose a radical re-interpretation of these traditional distinctions. Throughout the discussions philosophical theories are brought to bear on the particular questions of the explanation of behaviors, the nature of mental causation, and eventually the origins of major disorders including depression, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, and personality disorder.
Author : National Academy of Sciences,Institute of Medicine,Sandra Ackerman
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1992-01-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309045292
The brain ... There is no other part of the human anatomy that is so intriguing. How does it develop and function and why does it sometimes, tragically, degenerate? The answers are complex. In Discovering the Brain, science writer Sandra Ackerman cuts through the complexity to bring this vital topic to the public. The 1990s were declared the "Decade of the Brain" by former President Bush, and the neuroscience community responded with a host of new investigations and conferences. Discovering the Brain is based on the Institute of Medicine conference, Decade of the Brain: Frontiers in Neuroscience and Brain Research. Discovering the Brain is a "field guide" to the brainâ€"an easy-to-read discussion of the brain's physical structure and where functions such as language and music appreciation lie. Ackerman examines: How electrical and chemical signals are conveyed in the brain. The mechanisms by which we see, hear, think, and pay attentionâ€"and how a "gut feeling" actually originates in the brain. Learning and memory retention, including parallels to computer memory and what they might tell us about our own mental capacity. Development of the brain throughout the life span, with a look at the aging brain. Ackerman provides an enlightening chapter on the connection between the brain's physical condition and various mental disorders and notes what progress can realistically be made toward the prevention and treatment of stroke and other ailments. Finally, she explores the potential for major advances during the "Decade of the Brain," with a look at medical imaging techniquesâ€"what various technologies can and cannot tell usâ€"and how the public and private sectors can contribute to continued advances in neuroscience. This highly readable volume will provide the public and policymakersâ€"and many scientists as wellâ€"with a helpful guide to understanding the many discoveries that are sure to be announced throughout the "Decade of the Brain."
Author : Mark Johnson
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2017-11-20
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780226500393
Mark Johnson is one of the great thinkers of our time on how the body shapes the mind. This book brings together a selection of essays from the past two decades that build a powerful argument that any scientifically and philosophically satisfactory view of mind and thought must ultimately explain how bodily perception and action give rise to cognition, meaning, language, action, and values. A brief account of Johnson’s own intellectual journey, through which we track some of the most important discoveries in the field over the past forty years, sets the stage. Subsequent chapters set out Johnson’s important role in embodied cognition theory, including his cofounding (with George Lakoff) of conceptual metaphor theory and, later, their theory of bodily structures and processes that underlie all meaning, conceptualization, and reasoning. A detailed account of how meaning arises from our physical engagement with our environments provides the basis for a nondualistic, nonreductive view of mind that he sees as most congruous with the latest cognitive science. A concluding section explores the implications of our embodiment for our understanding of knowledge, reason, and truth. The resulting book will be essential for all philosophers dealing with mind, thought, and language.
Author : John R. Searle
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1986-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674267213
Minds, Brains and Science takes up just the problems that perplex people, and it does what good philosophy always does: it dispels the illusion caused by the specious collision of truths. How do we reconcile common sense and science? John Searle argues vigorously that the truths of common sense and the truths of science are both right and that the only question is how to fit them together. Searle explains how we can reconcile an intuitive view of ourselves as conscious, free, rational agents with a universe that science tells us consists of mindless physical particles. He briskly and lucidly sets out his arguments against the familiar positions in the philosophy of mind, and details the consequences of his ideas for the mind-body problem, artificial intelligence, cognitive science, questions of action and free will, and the philosophy of the social sciences.
Author : R. L. Gregory
Publisher : Penguin Uk
Page : 641 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Science
ISBN : 0140137424
Author : Richard Langton Gregory
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 666 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Psychology
ISBN : UOM:39015001017527
Author : William Bechtel
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2013-12-02
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781317785422
Specifically designed to make the philosophy of mind intelligible to those not trained in philosophy, this book provides a concise overview for students and researchers in the cognitive sciences. Emphasizing the relevance of philosophical work to investigations in other cognitive sciences, this unique text examines such issues as the meaning of language, the mind-body problem, the functionalist theories of cognition, and intentionality. As he explores the philosophical issues, Bechtel draws connections between philosophical views and theoretical and experimental work in such disciplines as cognitive psychology, artificial intelligence, linguistics, neuroscience, and anthropology.
Author : J. Yang
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2015-04-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0692379495
Have you ever wondered about the true meaning of life? What are the values you will leave behind you? Are you searching religion for the answers but puzzled by its messages? Are science and religion truly incompatible? Do you also searching answers from wisdom in other cultures? What are the common grounds of different cultures and religions? If you are interested in these questions, then look no further than Michael Yang's fascinating journey into the heart of humanity, Spectrum of Mind. With surprising clarity and honesty, Yang tackles some of life's biggest questions as he moves seamlessly through the kinds of topics that have given philosophers pause for centuries. It requires every bit of our intelligence and intuition to answer these questions, but where is the starting point? Yang demonstrates his originality by taking a rigorous research approach. Part I of the book builds a deep and systematic foundation through examining the origin and limitation of knowledge, researching the methodologies from modern science and psychology, and developing a theory of human mind development process. With the foundation, in Part II, Yang provides a striking analysis on the origin of religion, its true messages, its justifications, and the limitations. With the same foundation, Yang also offers objective insights into the fundamental differences that exist among different cultures. Moving beyond the more obvious and superficial points upon which many like to dwell, Yang uses the principles of the mind to decipher the differences that exist within humanity. Through it all, an undercurrent flows through Spectrum of Mind-one that leads back to the biggest question of all: what is the meaning of life?
Author : Robert Garland Colodny
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Physics
ISBN : UCAL:B3927777
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Author : Ernest Holmes
Publisher : Cosimo, Inc.
Page : 405 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2007-06-01
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781602066861
First published in 1926, this book is the most important writing from preacher Ernest Shurtleff Holmes. In it, he strives to introduce man to himself, as he truly is. Man is part of the Infinite Spirit, as is all of the visible and invisible in existence. And sharing in the creative power of the Infinite, man becomes able to make thought manifest, as is the case with illness. Holmes explains how the mind controls illness in the body and how changing one's mental state can be healing. In this volume, Holmes gives readers a complete course in Mental Science, so that they may come to understand the power and potential that exists within. Anyone looking for a new way to understand the world and their place in it will find this an empowering read.
Author : Thomas Stephen Szasz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0614219418
Author : Derek Bolton,Jonathan Hill
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Medical
ISBN : UVA:X004773537
Drawing on philosophical theory and theoretical science, this volume played an important role in bridging the gap between philosophy and psychiatry, and introducing those in psychiatry to philosophical ideas somewhat neglected in their field. This edition addresses key issues in the philosophy of psychiatry.
Author : Juan Pascual-Leone,Janice M. Johnson
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 515 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2021-04-13
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780262362573
A general organismic-causal theory that explicates working memory and executive function developmentally, clarifying the nature of human intelligence. In The Working Mind, Juan Pascual-Leone and Janice M. Johnson propose a general organismic-causal theory that explicates working memory and executive function developmentally and by doing so clarifies the nature of human intelligence. Pascual-Leone and Johnson explain "from within" (that is, from a subject's own processing perspective) cognitive developmental stages of growth, describing key causal factors that can account for the emergence of the working mind as a functional totality. Among these factors is a maturationally growing mental attention.
