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Recommended Reading (A - Z): Mind and Life Sciences
Breakdown of Will
Ainslie, G July 27, 2007. #
Mind and Life Sciences
Book Description
Ainslie argues that our responses to the threat of our own inconsistency determine the basic fabric of human culture. He suggests that individuals are more like populations of bargaining agents than...
Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
Ariely, D. June 10, 2008. #
Mind and Life Sciences
Mindblindness: An Essay on Autism and Theory of Mind
Baron-Cohen, S. May 27, 2010. #
Mind and Life Sciences
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Bauby, J.D July 27, 2007. #
Mind and Life Sciences
Amazon.com
We’ve all got our idiosyncrasies when it comes to writing—a special chair we have to sit in, a certain kind of yellow paper we absolutely must use. To create this tremendously affecting memoir,...
The Denial of Death
Becker, E July 27, 2007. #
Mind and Life Sciences
New York Times Book Review
...a brave work of electrifying intelligence and passion, optimistic and revolutionary, destined to endure…
The Chicago Sun-Times
It is hard to overestimate the importance of this book;...
The Oxford Companion to the Body
Blakemore, C. and S. Jennett (Eds.) July 27, 2007. #
Mind and Life Sciences
From Library Journal
Another in the “Oxford Companion” series (it was preceded in the sciences by companions to the mind in 1987 and to medicine in 1986), this is a beautifully produced tome comprising over 1000...
The Nature of Consciousness: Philosophical Debates
Block, N., O. Flanagan, and G. Güzeldere July 27, 2007. #
Mind and Life Sciences, Philosophy
Amazon.com
Almost everyone agrees that we possess consciousness, but as this book demonstrates, that’s where the agreement ends. What can we say about the mind without fear of contradiction? Not much, and that’s how...
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
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 Feeling of What Happens: Body and Emotion in the Making of Consciousness
Damasio, A. May 27, 2010. #
Mind and Life Sciences
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...
