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Into the Silent Land: Travels in Neuropsychology
Broks, P. July 27, 2007. #
Mind and Life Sciences
Book Description
A finalist for The Guardian First Book Award, Into the Silent Land is a stunning look into how the human brain constructs a “self,” or the essence of who we are as individuals. A neuropsychologist with...
On Being Certain: Believing You Are Right Even When You’re Not
Burton, R. May 27, 2010. #
Mind and Life Sciences
Reflections on the Revolution In Europe: Immigration, Islam, and the West
Caldwell, C. May 27, 2010. #
Politics and History, Religion and Religious Criticism
Constantine’s Sword: The Church and the Jews—A History
Carroll, J August 7, 2007. #
Politics and History, Religion and Religious Criticism
Natural Ethical Facts: Evolution, Connectionism, and Moral Cognition
Casebeer, W.D. February 24, 2008. #
Mind and Life Sciences, Philosophy
The Conscious Mind: In Search of a Fundamental Theory
Chalmers, D.J July 27, 2007. #
Mind and Life Sciences, Philosophy
From Library Journal
Chalmers (philosophy, Univ. of California at Santa Cruz) analyzes the mind-body problem in terms of that elusive relationship between the physical brain and conscious events. Focusing on subjective...
The Physiology of Truth: Neuroscience and Human Knowledge
Changeux, JP August 28, 2007. #
Mind and Life Sciences
Scientific Realism and the Plasticity of Mind
Churchland, P.M. May 27, 2010. #
Mind and Life Sciences, Philosophy
The Engine of Reason, The Seat of the Soul: A Philosophical Journey into the Brain
Churchland, P.M. May 27, 2010. #
Mind and Life Sciences, Philosophy
Matter and Consciousness: A Contemporary Introduction to the Philosophy of Mind
Churchland, P.M. May 27, 2010. #
Mind and Life Sciences, Philosophy
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion
Cialdini, R.B July 27, 2007. #
Mind and Life Sciences
Amazon.com
Arguably the best book ever on what is increasingly becoming the science of persuasion. Whether you’re a mere consumer or someone weaving the web of persuasion to urge others to buy or vote for your product,...
The Astonishing Hypothesis: The Scientific Search for the Soul
Crick, F July 27, 2007. #
Mind and Life Sciences
From Publishers Weekly
Nobel Prize-winning biochemist Crick (co-discoverer with James Watson of DNA’s double helix structure) here takes readers to the forefront of modern brain research. Geared to serious lay readers...
Secular Conscience: Why Belief Belongs in Public Life
Dacey, A. March 3, 2008. #
Religion and Religious Criticism, Philosophy
Life at the Bottom
Dalrymple, T July 27, 2007. #
Politics and History
From Publishers Weekly
Filled with poignant stories of women and men trapped in destructive behaviors and environments, this volume puts forth a vision of the modern world and of intellectualized modernism as hell but...
Looking for Spinoza: Joy, Sorrow, and the Feeling Brain
Damasio, A July 27, 2007. #
Mind and Life Sciences
Amazon.com
As he seeks to unlock the secrets of such things as joy and sorrow, Antonio Damasio pursues a unifying theory in Looking for Spinoza. Why Spinoza? The philosopher, whom Damasio calls a “protobiologist,”...
Descartes Error: Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain
Damasio, A July 27, 2007. #
Mind and Life Sciences
From Publishers Weekly
In an important, gracefully written exploration of the neurochemical basis of mind, neurologist Damasio rejects the Cartesian notion of the human mind as a thinking organ more or less separate...
The Feeling of What Happens: Body and Emotion in the Making of Consciousness
Damasio, A. May 27, 2010. #
Mind and Life Sciences
Inquiries into Truth and Interpretation
Davidson, D July 27, 2007. #
Philosophy
Book Description
Donald Davidson presents a new edition of the 1984 volume which set out his enormously influential philosophy of language. Inquiries into Truth and Interpretation has been a central point of reference...
A Devil’s Chaplain: Reflections on Hope, Lies, Science, and LoveR
Dawkins, R July 27, 2007. #
Mind and Life Sciences, Religion and Religious Criticism
Amazon.com
Richard Dawkins has an opinion on everything biological, it seems, and in A Devil’s Chaplain, everything is biological. Dawkins weighs in on topics as diverse as ape rights, jury trials, religion, and...
Climbing Mount Improbable
Dawkins, R July 27, 2007. #
Mind and Life Sciences
Amazon.com
Few scientific theories have been as influential or controversial in the past few centuries as Darwin’s thoughts on natural selection; even now, laymen and scientists find fault with Darwin’s argument....
