An account of the emergence of the mind: how the brain acquired self-awareness, functional autonomy, the ability to think, and the power of speech. "How did the human mind emerge from the collection of neurons that makes up the brain? How did the brain acquire self-awareness, f…
This book is the sequel to Robert Forman's collection, The Problem of Pure Consciousness (Oxford, 1990). The essays in the earlier volume argued that some mystical experiences do not seem to be formed or shaped by the language system - a thesis that stands in sharp contradistinc…
This book is the sequel to Robert Forman's collection, The Problem of Pure Consciousness (Oxford, 1990). The essays in the earlier volume argued that some mystical experiences do not seem to be formed or shaped by the language system - a thesis that stands in sharp contradistinc…
Langsam investigates the way certain features of some of our conscious states intelligibly relate us to features of the world of which we are conscious.
Studie over de psychedelische uitwerking van bepaalde planten op de natuurlijke selectie binnen de evolutie van de mens, met de gevolgen daar weer van op de biosfeer als geheel.
Mindfulness
by Emad, Parvis, Kalary, Thomas, Heidegger, Martin
fromAthlone contemporary European thinkers
Mindfulness
by Emad, Parvis, Kalary, Thomas, Heidegger, Martin
fromAthlone contemporary European thinkers
This brand new translation of Martin Heidgger's Mindfulness (Besinnung) makes available in English for the first time Heidegger's second major being-historical treatise. Here Heidegger returns to and elaborates in detail many of the individual dimensions of the historically self…
Mindfulness
by Emad, Parvis, Heidegger, Martin, Kalary, Thomas
fromAthlone contemporary European thinkers
This brand new translation of Martin Heidgger's Mindfulness (Besinnung) makes available in English for the first time Heidegger's second major being-historical treatise. Here Heidegger returns to and elaborates in detail many of the individual dimensions of the historically self…
"From the early 1870s through the 1880s, language, consciousness, and the body stood as cornerstones of the philosophical project that culminated in Nietzsche's "anthropology of knowledge." Asserting both the timeliness and lasting value of Nietzsche's writings during this perio…
"How do I know whether there are any minds besides my own? This problem of other minds in philosophy raises questions which are at the heart of all philosophical investigations - how it is that we know, what is in the mind, and whether we can be certain about any of our beliefs.…
"How do I know whether there are any minds besides my own? This problem of other minds in philosophy raises questions which are at the heart of all philosophical investigations - how it is that we know, what is in the mind, and whether we can be certain about any of our beliefs.…
This interdisciplinary work contains the most sustained attempt at developing and defending one of the few genuine theories of consciousness. Following the lead of David Rosenthal, the author argues for the so-called 'higher-order thought theory of consciousness'. This theory ho…
This interdisciplinary work contains the most sustained attempt at developing and defending one of the few genuine theories of consciousness. Following the lead of David Rosenthal, the author argues for the so-called 'higher-order thought theory of consciousness'. This theory ho…
