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Sourcebook for the History of the Philosophy of Mind
Philosophical Psychology from Plato to Kant
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2013
Fresh translations of key texts, exhaustive coverage from Plato to Kant, and detailed commentary by expert scholars of philosophy add up to make this sourcebook the first and most comprehensive account of the history of the philosophy of mind. Published at a time when the philosophy of mind and philosophical...
Mind Wars
A History of Mind Control, Surveillance, and Social Engineering by the Government, Media, and Secret Societies
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2015
From the dawn of humanity, the desire to control the thoughts, behaviors, and actions of others has been a pervasive one. From the use of coercive persuasion by ancient Egyptians and the Knights Templar to today’s claims of electronic harassment and microwave “bombing,” we have always been at...
by Christopher Alan Anderson
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2012
The purpose of Mind and Spirit is to sex (divide into the male and female component parts) that which we call mind and that which we call spirit. We most often use these terms in a non-sexual or an androgynous way, as if mind and spirit are sexually neutral. I would suggest that that is not the case,...
The Living Mind
From Psyche to Consciousness
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2011
As enthusiasm for computational models of the mind has waned and the revolution in neuroscience has progressed, attention in philosophy and cognitive science has shifted toward more biological approaches. The Living Mind establishes that mind cannot be immaterial or reduced to mechanistic or cybernetic...
The Conscious Mind : In Search of a Fundamental Theory
In Search of a Fundamental Theory
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 1996
What is consciousness? How do physical processes in the brain give rise to the self-aware mind and to feelings as profoundly varied as love or hate aesthetic pleasure or spiritual yearning? These questions today are among the most hotly debated issues among scientists and philosophers and we have...
The Literary Mind
The Origins of Thought and Language
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 1998
We usually consider literary thinking to be peripheral and dispensable, an activity for specialists: poets, prophets, lunatics, and babysitters. Certainly we do not think it is the basis of the mind. We think of stories and parables from Aesop's Fables or The Thousand and One Nights, for example,...
Meet Your Sexual Mind
The Interaction Betwen Instinct and Intellect and Its Impact on Human Behavior
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2011
The Interactions Between Instinct and Intellect and its Impact on Human Behavior
Length: 200 Pages
The paradoxes of human sexuality although self-evident, have been difficult to explain through the conventional understanding of the human mind. A legitimate question to ask would be, if polygamy is...
Philosophy of Mind and Phenomenology
Conceptual and Empirical Approaches
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2015
This volume identifies and develops how philosophy of mind and phenomenology interact in both conceptual and empirically-informed ways. The objective is to demonstrate that phenomenology, as the first-personal study of the contents and structures of our mentality, can provide us with insights into...
by Erick Raphael Jiménez
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2017
In this book, Erick Raphael Jiménez examines Aristotle's concept of mind (nous), a key concept in Aristotelian psychology, metaphysics, and epistemology. Drawing on a close analysis of De Anima, Jiménez argues that mind is neither disembodied nor innate, as has commonly been held, but an embodied...
Brain-Mind
From Neurons to Consciousness and Creativity (Treatise on Mind and Society)
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2019
How do brains make minds? Paul Thagard presents a unified, brain-based theory of cognition and emotion with applications to the most complex kinds of thinking, right up to consciousness and creativity. Neural mechanisms are used to explain mental operations for analogy, action, intention, language,...
Mind-Society
From Brains to Social Sciences and Professions (Treatise on Mind and Society)
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2019
How do minds make societies, and how do societies change? Paul Thagard systematically connects neural and psychological explanations of mind with major social sciences (social psychology, sociology, politics, economics, anthropology, and history) and professions (medicine, law, education, engineering,...
History of the Concept of Mind
Volume 1: Speculations About Soul, Mind and Spirit from Homer to Hume
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2017
In the 20th century theorists of mind were almost exclusively concerned with various versions of the materialist thesis, but prior to current debates accounts of soul and mind reveal an extraordinary richness and complexity which bear careful and impartial investigation. This book is the first...
Project MK-Ultra and Mind Control Technology
A Compilation of Patents and Reports
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2017
People around the world claim to be victims of mind control technology. Medical professionals are quick to marginalize these targeted individuals and diagnose them with mental illness. Unfortunately, most people are oblivious to the historical precedent for the practice of mind control and the patented...
Change of Heart
The Bodhisattva Peace Training of Chagdud Tulku
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2003
During his lifetime, His Eminence Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche created vast benefit throughout the world. He demonstrated the unceasing activity of a bodhisattva—one who is committed to alleviating the suffering of others while simultaneously establishing their enduring well-being. That he taught extensively...