Mind category: 7783 books
by Sherry Ann Sword MS
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012
In June of 1997 my life changed. I had been twice married and divorced--to a pro-football player and coach, then a lawyer--and had been living with an English musician for 17 years. I had been a model, a psychotherapist, an actor, a seamstress. As I sat one day trying to make sense of it all for THE...
Mind Wars
A History of Mind Control, Surveillance, and Social Engineering by the Government, Media, and Secret Societies
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2015
From the dawn of humanity, the desire to control the thoughts, behaviors, and actions of others has been a pervasive one. From the use of coercive persuasion by ancient Egyptians and the Knights Templar to today’s claims of electronic harassment and microwave “bombing,” we have always been at...
by Christopher Alan Anderson
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2012
The purpose of Mind and Spirit is to sex (divide into the male and female component parts) that which we call mind and that which we call spirit. We most often use these terms in a non-sexual or an androgynous way, as if mind and spirit are sexually neutral. I would suggest that that is not the case,...
The Living Mind
From Psyche to Consciousness
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2011
As enthusiasm for computational models of the mind has waned and the revolution in neuroscience has progressed, attention in philosophy and cognitive science has shifted toward more biological approaches. The Living Mind establishes that mind cannot be immaterial or reduced to mechanistic or cybernetic...
Philosophy of Mind and Phenomenology
Conceptual and Empirical Approaches
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2015
This volume identifies and develops how philosophy of mind and phenomenology interact in both conceptual and empirically-informed ways. The objective is to demonstrate that phenomenology, as the first-personal study of the contents and structures of our mentality, can provide us with insights into...
by Erick Raphael Jiménez
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2017
In this book, Erick Raphael Jiménez examines Aristotle's concept of mind (nous), a key concept in Aristotelian psychology, metaphysics, and epistemology. Drawing on a close analysis of De Anima, Jiménez argues that mind is neither disembodied nor innate, as has commonly been held, but an embodied...
Mind-Society
From Brains to Social Sciences and Professions (Treatise on Mind and Society)
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2019
How do minds make societies, and how do societies change? Paul Thagard systematically connects neural and psychological explanations of mind with major social sciences (social psychology, sociology, politics, economics, anthropology, and history) and professions (medicine, law, education, engineering,...
Change of Heart
The Bodhisattva Peace Training of Chagdud Tulku
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2003
During his lifetime, His Eminence Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche created vast benefit throughout the world. He demonstrated the unceasing activity of a bodhisattva—one who is committed to alleviating the suffering of others while simultaneously establishing their enduring well-being. That he taught extensively...
by Jonathan O. Chimakonam, Uti Ojah Egbai, Samuel T. Segun
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2019
This book introduces concepts in philosophy of mind and neurophilosophy. Inside, three scholars offer approaches to the problems of identity, consciousness, and the mind. In the process, they open new vistas for thought and raise fresh controversies to some of the oldest problems in philosophy.
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by Jennifer Ann Gordon
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2015
A Woman's Mind Half Naked: Revised Edition is comfort food for the hungry heart. Overflowing with Inspiration, epiphanies and life lessons straight from Jennifer Ann Gordon's own experience, the book is deceptively simple and, ultimately, profound. It tells the story of 'everywoman.
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by Catherine B. Roy
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2017
LIVE FROM YOUR HEART AND MIND (LHM) covers the most important aspects of life including balance, happiness, love, relationships, emotional stability, overcoming obstacles and solving personal problems. LHM algorithms are created as a personal guide. There are no two same persons and there will be...
by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Khonton Peljor Lhundrub, Jose Ignacio Cabezon
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2011
"We all have the same human mind - each and every one of us has the same potential. Our surroundings and so forth are important, but the nature of mind itself is more important... To live a happy and joyful life, we must take care of our minds." - His Holiness the Dalai Lama
At the heart of...
by Jack S. Crumley II
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2006
A Brief Introduction to the Philosophy of Mind is written to engage the beginning student, offering a balanced, accessible entrZe into a notoriously complex field of inquiry. Crumley introduces four core areas in contemporary philosophy of the mind: the mind/body problem, mental content (intentionality),...
Mind
A Brief Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2004
"The philosophy of mind is unique among contemporary philosophical subjects," writes John Searle, "in that all of the most famous and influential theories are false." One of the world's most eminent thinkers, Searle dismantles these theories as he presents a vividly written, comprehensive introduction...