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“michael trimble”

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  • How and Why

    A Layman's Look at Causation and Reality

    by Michael Trimble ...
    What does it take to be considered 'real'? A physical presence that can be discerned by touch, taste, sound, sight or smell? Are socially important concepts such as justice or morality 'unreal' because they lack the physical traits that would enable us to touch, taste, hear, see or smell them? Are the distinctions many or us draw between non-fiction and fiction reflective of the manner in which we ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Why Humans Like to Cry

    Tragedy, Evolution, and the Brain

    by Michael Trimble ...
    Human beings are the only species to have evolved the trait of emotional crying. We weep at tragedies in our lives and in those of others - remarkably even when they are fictional characters in film, opera, music, novels, and theatre. Why have we developed art forms - most powerfully, music - which move us to sadness and tears? This question forms the backdrop to Michael Trimble's discussion of ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Human Remains

    Guide for Museums and Academic Institutions

    by Marta Alfonso, Bernardo Arriaza, Mary Brooks, Phillip Cash Cash, Natalie Drew, Julie Eklund, Monica Gustafsson, Brian Fagan, Sherry Hutt, Teresa Militello, Alan Morris, Ann Peters, Luz-Andrea Pfister, Christopher Pulliam, Jennifer Riddle, Heidi Roberts, Claire Rumsey, Alyce Sadongei, Lynn Teague, Michael Trimble ...
    This edited volume contains valuable information for museums and academic institutions concerning the care and conservation of human remains. The editors provide all the essential information required concerning the curation of human remains, from oft posed ethical questions to storage and transport issues. Jam-packed with references, this collection is up to date and is a must have resource. This ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • Anatomy of Neuropsychiatry

    The New Anatomy of the Basal Forebrain and Its Implications for Neuropsychiatric Illness

    by Lennart Heimer, Gary W. Van Hoesen, Daniel S. Zahm, Michael Trimble ...
    Anatomy of Neuropsychiatry presents the anatomical systems that take part in the scientific and clinical study of emotional functions and neuropsychiatric disorders. It discusses the limbic system—the cortical and subcortical structures in the human brain involved in emotion, motivation, and emotional association with memory—at length and how this is no longer a useful guide to the study of ... Read more

    $99.89 USD

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  • The Conscious Mind

    In Search of a Fundamental Theory

    by David J. Chalmers ...
    Series series Philosophy of Mind
    What is consciousness? How do physical processes in the brain give rise to the self-aware mind and to feelings as profoundly varied as love or hate, aesthetic pleasure or spiritual yearning? These questions today are among the most hotly debated issues among scientists and philosophers, and we have seen in recent years superb volumes by such eminent figures as Francis Crick, Daniel C. Dennett, ... Read more

    $18.09 USD

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  • Selections from Science and Sanity

    by Alfred Korzybski, Lance Strate ...
    Selections from Science and Sanity represents Alfred Korzybski's authorized abridgement of his magnum opus, Science and Sanity: An Introduction to Non-Aristotelian Systems and General Semantics. This second edition, published in response to the recent Korzybski revival, adds new introductory material and a revised index, providing an accessible introduction to Korzybski's arguments concerning the ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Language, Cognition, and Human Nature

    Selected Articles

    by Steven Pinker ...
    Language, Cognition, and Human Nature collects together for the first time much of Steven Pinker's most influential scholarly work on language and cognition. Pinker's seminal research explores the workings of language and its connections to cognition, perception, social relationships, child development, human evolution, and theories of human nature. This eclectic collection spans Pinker's thirty ... Read more

    $21.89 USD

  • The Character of Consciousness

    by David J. Chalmers ...
    Series series Philosophy of Mind Series
    What is consciousness? How does the subjective character of consciousness fit into an objective world? How can there be a science of consciousness? In this sequel to his groundbreaking and controversial The Conscious Mind, David Chalmers develops a unified framework that addresses these questions and many others. Starting with a statement of the "hard problem" of consciousness, Chalmers builds a ... Read more

    $41.39 USD

  • The Restoration of the Self

    by Heinz Kohut ...
    A trailblazing book on the theory of self-psychology from the one-time president of the American Psychoanalytic Association.In his foundational work The Restoration of the Self, noted psychoanalyst Heinz Kohut boldly challenges what he called "the limits of classical analytic theory" and the Freudian orthodoxy. Here Kohut proposes a "psychology of the self" as a theory in its own right—one that ... Read more

    $23.79 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • How to Study as a Mathematics Major

    by Lara Alcock ...
    Every year, thousands of students in the USA declare mathematics as their major. Many are extremely intelligent and hardworking. However, even the best will encounter challenges, because upper-level mathematics involves not only independent study and learning from lectures, but also a fundamental shift from calculation to proof. This shift is demanding but it need not be mysterious -- research has ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • The Crucible of Consciousness

    An Integrated Theory of Mind and Brain

    by Zoltan Torey ...
    An interdisciplinary examination of the evolutionary breakthroughs that rendered the brain accessible to itself.In The Crucible of Consciousness, Zoltan Torey offers a theory of the mind and its central role in evolution. He traces the evolutionary breakthrough that rendered the brain accessible to itself and shows how the mind-boosted brain works. He identifies what it is that separates the human ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

  • Cybersemiotics

    Why Information Is Not Enough

    by Soren Brier ...
    A growing field of inquiry, biosemiotics is a theory of cognition and communication that unites the living and the cultural world. What is missing from this theory, however, is the unification of the information and computational realms of the non-living natural and technical world. Cybersemiotics provides such a framework.By integrating cybernetic information theory into the unique semiotic ... Read more

    $38.99 USD