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Neuroenhancement: How Mental Training and Meditation Can Promote Epistemic Virtue
Froding, Barbro; Osika, Walter
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Description for Neuroenhancement: How Mental Training and Meditation Can Promote Epistemic Virtue
Paperback. Series: SpringerBriefs in Ethics. Num Pages: 121 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; HPQ; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 7. Weight in Grams: 203.
This book explores how one can bring about changes in the brain through meditation, both through attention-focus training and through compassion training. Recent findings in the natural sciences have confirmed that it is possible for humans to achieve these structural and functional changes through various life-style practices. It is argued that meditation enables us to influence some aspects of our biological make-up and, for example, could boost our cognitive flexibility as well as our ability to act compassionate. Such changes are likely to facilitate the instilling of a number of epistemic virtues which have great bearing on our quality of life. ... Read more
This book explores how one can bring about changes in the brain through meditation, both through attention-focus training and through compassion training. Recent findings in the natural sciences have confirmed that it is possible for humans to achieve these structural and functional changes through various life-style practices. It is argued that meditation enables us to influence some aspects of our biological make-up and, for example, could boost our cognitive flexibility as well as our ability to act compassionate. Such changes are likely to facilitate the instilling of a number of epistemic virtues which have great bearing on our quality of life. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
121
Condition
New
Series
SpringerBriefs in Ethics
Number of Pages
110
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319235165
SKU
V9783319235165
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