On being human: why mind matters

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"Kagan ponders a series of important nodes of debate while challenging us to examine what we know and why we know it. Most critically he presents an elegant argument for functions of mind that cannot be replaced with sentences about brains while acknowledging that mind emerges from brain activity. He relies on the evidence to argue that thoughts and emotions are distinct from their biological and genetic bases. In separate chapters he deals with the meaning of words, kinds of knowing, the power…

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Full title :On being human : why mind matters / Jerome Kagan.

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Publication Date:2016

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Publisher(s):Yale University Press
Place of Publication:New Haven
Language:eng
Publication Date:2016

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Description:xiv, 301 pages ; : 25 cm

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ISBN:9780300217360, 0300217366
oclc:ocn920017510
LC Classification:BF38
Dewey Decimal:150.1

Schemata and words -- What does it mean to know? -- Settings matter -- Status gradients -- Hyping genes -- Can brain explain mind? -- The family's contribution -- On spruce trees and cats -- What is education for? -- Expectations -- The force of feelings -- Does a moral person behave morally?

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08.36 philosophical anthropology, philo… Essais Essay Essays Geist Human Characteristics Mind-Body Relations, Metaphysical Nonfiction Philosophie Philosophie de l'esprit Philosophy Philosophy of mind Psychologie Psychologie -- Philosophie Psychology Psychology -- Philosophy Theory of Mind