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Secrets of the Mind
A.G. Cairns-Smith
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Description for Secrets of the Mind
Hardback. Offers not only a general introduction to the central questions of consciousness and brain science, but also an answer to some of them. This title portrays a vision of the world as it may come to be seen by a future science. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM; PD; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 516.
How can we reconcile Shakespeare's account of human behavior and that of modern brain science? That's the central question addressed by the noted Glasgow chemist A.G. Cairns-Smith in this provocative, witty, and highly accessible discussion of conscious awareness, free will, and science. Written in a conversational style, Secrets of the Mind is not only a splendid introduction for the general reader to the central questions of consciousness and brain science, but a contribution to answering some of them. In the author's view, our feelings and sensations are not simply alternative descriptions of neural events but have themselves evolved and ... Read more
How can we reconcile Shakespeare's account of human behavior and that of modern brain science? That's the central question addressed by the noted Glasgow chemist A.G. Cairns-Smith in this provocative, witty, and highly accessible discussion of conscious awareness, free will, and science. Written in a conversational style, Secrets of the Mind is not only a splendid introduction for the general reader to the central questions of consciousness and brain science, but a contribution to answering some of them. In the author's view, our feelings and sensations are not simply alternative descriptions of neural events but have themselves evolved and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
Number of Pages
230
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780387986920
SKU
V9780387986920
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99-15
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