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Recommended Reading (A - Z): Mind and Life Sciences
Without Conscience: The Disturbing World of the Psychopaths Among Us
Hare, R.D. May 27, 2010. #
Mind and Life Sciences
Moral Minds: How Nature Designed Our Universal Sense of Right and Wrong
Hauser, M July 27, 2007. #
Mind and Life Sciences
From Scientific American
You are driving a train when you see five hikers on the track ahead of you and a siding with a single hiker. Is it okay to flip a switch and send the train onto the siding, killing one hiker...
The Mind’s I: Fantasies and Reflections On Self and Soul
Hofstadter, D.R. and D.C. Dennett July 27, 2007. #
Mind and Life Sciences, Philosophy
Review
“Ever since David Hume declared in the 18th century that the Self is only a heap of perceptions, the poor Ego has been in a shaky conditions indeed…Mind and consciousness becomes dispensable items in our...
The Cambridge Handbook of Thinking and Reasoning
Holyoak, K.J. (Ed) and Morrison, R.G. (Ed) May 28, 2010. #
Mind and Life Sciences
Mirroring People: The New Science of How We Connect with Others
Iacoboni, M February 24, 2008. #
Mind and Life Sciences
The Principles of Psychology
James, W July 27, 2007. #
Mind and Life Sciences, Philosophy
Book Description
The Principles of Psychology is a two-volume introduction to the study of the human mind. Based on his classroom lessons and first published in 1890, James has gathered together what he feels to be the...
Judgment under Uncertainty: Heuristics and Biases
Kahneman, D., Slovic, P., & Tversky, A May 28, 2010. #
Mind and Life Sciences
Fundamentals of Human Neuropsychology
Kolb, B. and Whishaw, I.Q. May 28, 2010. #
Mind and Life Sciences
The Age of Spiritual Machines
Kurzweil, R July 27, 2007. #
Mind and Life Sciences
Amazon.com Reviews
How much do we humans enjoy our current status as the most intelligent beings on earth? Enough to try to stop our own inventions from surpassing us in smarts? If so, we’d better pull the plug right...
Neuroethics: Challenges for the 21st Century
Levy, N. May 22, 2008. #
Mind and Life Sciences, Philosophy
I of the Vortex: From Neurons to Self
Llinas, R.R. May 28, 2010. #
Mind and Life Sciences, Philosophy
Commissurotomy, Consciousness, and Unity of Mind
Marks, C.E. May 28, 2010. #
Mind and Life Sciences, Philosophy
The Mysterious Flame: Conscious Minds in a Material World
McGinn, C July 31, 2007. #
Mind and Life Sciences, Philosophy
Dark Ages: The Case for a Science of Human
McIntyre, L July 27, 2007. #
Mind and Life Sciences, Philosophy
“At a time when many social scientists have allowed themselves to be cowed by political and religious ideology, Dark Ages reminds us that we have a moral and intellectual obligation to seek the fullest possible...
The Threat and the Glory (Reflections on Science and Scientists)
Medawar, P August 2, 2007. #
Mind and Life Sciences, Philosophy
Being No One: The Self-Model Theory of Subjectivity
Metzinger, T August 2, 2007. #
Mind and Life Sciences, Philosophy
Neural Correlates of Consciousness: Empirical and Conceptual Questions
Metzinger, T (Ed) August 2, 2007. #
Mind and Life Sciences, Philosophy
The Anatomy of Disgust
Miller, W.I July 27, 2007. #
Mind and Life Sciences, Politics and History
Amazon.com
The title of William Ian Miller’s book is a play on Robert Burton’s 17th-century classic The Anatomy of Melancholy, an examination of human emotion. In his modern Anatomy, Miller narrows the focus to the...
Humiliation: And Other Essays on Honor, Social Discomfort, and Violence
Miller, W.I July 27, 2007. #
Mind and Life Sciences, Politics and History
From Kirkus Reviews
From Vikings to valentines, crimes to dinner invitations, Miller (Law/University of Michigan) here explores the mercurial history of the emotions, attitudes, values, and behaviors associated with...
The Drunkard’s Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives
Mlodinow, L. May 28, 2010. #
Physical Science, Mind and Life Sciences
The User Illusion: Cutting Consciousness Down to Size
Norretranders, T. May 28, 2010. #
Mind and Life Sciences, Philosophy
How We Die: Reflections on Life’s Final Chapter
Nuland, S.B July 27, 2007. #
Mind and Life Sciences
From Booklist
Drawing upon his own broad experience and the characteristics of the six most common death-causing diseases, Nuland examines what death means to the doctor, patient, nurse, administrator, and family....
The Large, the Small and the Human Mind
Penrose, R August 15, 2007. #
Physical Science, Mind and Life Sciences
The Emperor’s New Mind: Concerning Computers, Minds, and the Laws of Physics
Penrose, R August 2, 2007. #
