Mind and the soul, Teichman, Jenny (university Of Cambridge)
Автор: Chalmers, David John Название: Conscious mind ISBN: 0195117891 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780195117899 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 2375.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The author of this text offers a theory of consciousness. He proposes that conscious experience must be understood as an irreducible entity similar to such physical properties as time, mass, and space that exists at a fundamental level and cannot be understood as the sum of its parts.
Among the various approaches to the question of the nature of the mind (or soul), Augustine s philosophical arguments for the existence of an incorporeal and spiritual substance in man and against materialism are here thoroughly examined on their merits as a source of insight for contemporary discussion.
This book, originally published in 1986, employs Augustine s method of introspection, and argues that, as a philosopher, Augustine can teach the modern mind how to detect the reality of such a spiritual subject in and through basic human acts and faculties, such as imagination, memory, knowledge, free-will and self-knowledge. It presents a critical dialogue with various materialistic anthropologies directly addressed by Augustine himself, or those which have arisen at later periods, including epiphenomenalism, mind-brain identity theory, Marxism and others."
Foreword.- Introduction.- Conjunction 1: Text and Self-Perception.- Chapter 1. Body vs. Soul, Text vs. Interpretation in Michael Psellos; Graeme Miles.- Chapter 2. Murdering Souls and Killing Bodies: Understanding Spiritual and Physical Sin in Late-Medieval English Devotional Works; Philippa Maddern.- Chapter 3. 'Adam, you are in a Labyrinth': The First-Person Voice as The Nexus Between Body and Spirit in the Chronicle of Adam Usk; Alicia Marchant.- Chapter 4. The Thin End of The Wedge: Self, Body and Soul in Rembrandt's Kenwood Self-Portrait; Richard Read.- Conjunction 2: Emotion.- Chapter 5. Grief and Desire, Body and Soul in Gregory of Nyssa's Life of Saint Macrina; Michael Champion.- Chapter 6. 'Variable Passions': Shakespeare's Mixed Emotions; Bob White.- Chapter7. Subtle Persuasions: The Memory of Bodily Experience as a Rhetorical Device in Francis Bacon's Parliamentary Speeches; Daniel Derrin.- Chapter 8. Lessons in Music, Lessons in Love; Katherine Wallace.-Conjunction 3: Sex.- Chapter 9. Sex and Spirituality Among the Carolingians; William Schipper.- Chapter 10. On the Bridling of the Body and Soul of Hйloise, the 'Chaste Whore'; Laura French Moran.- Chapter 11. Keeping Body and Soul Together: Jean le Fevre and Sexuality; Karen Pratt.- Chapter 12. Paul, Augustine, and Marital Sex in Guilielmus Estius' Scriptural Commentaries; Wim Franзois.- Chapter 13. The Ageing of Love: The Waning of Love's Power; Danijela Kambaskovic-Sawers.- Chapter 14. Quaint Knowledge: A "Body-Mind" Pattern Across Shakespeare's Career; Laurence Johnson.- Conjunction 4: Material Souls.- Chapter 15. Tears in Ancient and Early Modern Physiology: Petrus Petitus and Niels Stensen; Manfred Horstmanshoff.- Chapter 16. Alchemy and The Body/Mind Question in The Work of John Donne; Michael Ovens.- Chapter 17. 'Among The Rest Of The Senses....Proued Most Sure': Ethics of the Senses in Early Modern Europe; Danijela Kambaskovic-Sawers.- Chapter 18. The Material Soul: Strategies for Naturalising the Soul in an Early Modern Epicurean Context; Charles T. Wolfe and Michaela van Esveld.
Описание: This book offers new insights into the workings of the human soul and the philosophical conception of the mind in Ancient Greece.
Автор: Teichman Название: The Mind and the Soul ISBN: 113882495X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138824959 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 19140.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: An incisive and stimulating introduction to central tropics in the philosophy of mind. The author writes about Dualism, Solipsism, Behaviourism and Materialism.
Автор: Lear Jonathan Название: Freud ISBN: 0415831806 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780415831802 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 3826.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: In this fully revised and updated second edition, the author clearly introduces and assesses all of Freud`s thought, focusing on those areas of philosophy on which Freud is acknowledged to have had a lasting impact. Essential reading for anyone in the humanities, social sciences and beyond.
Автор: McGilvray James Название: Cambridge Companion to Chomsky ISBN: 1316618145 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781316618141 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 5069.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: A completely new edition of the hugely popular The Cambridge Companion to Chomsky, discussing advances in Chomsky`s science of language, his view of the human mind and its study, and his socioeconomic-political contributions. It will be essential reading for anyone with an interest in Chomsky`s ideas.
Автор: Fuster Название: The Neuroscience of Freedom and Creativity ISBN: 1107608627 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107608627 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 4435.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: In a fascinating exploration of the question of free will, eminent cognitive neuroscientist, Joaquin Fuster, argues that the liberty or freedom to choose between alternatives is a function of the nervous system, especially the cerebral cortex, in its reciprocal interaction with the environment. Freedom is inseparable from that circular relationship.
Автор: Makari George Название: Soul Machine: The Invention of the Modern Mind ISBN: 039335346X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780393353464 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 2533.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: A brilliant and comprehensive history of the creation of the modern Western mind.
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