Author : Carrie Figdor
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 20,20 MB
Release : 2018
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0198809522
Carrie Figdor presents a critical assessment of how psychological terms are used to describe the non-human biological world. She argues against the anthropocentric attitude which takes human cognition as the standard against which non-human capacities are measured, and offers an alternative basis for naturalistic explanation of the mind.
Author : Andrew A. Rooney
Publisher :
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 37,85 MB
Release : 1984
Category : American wit and humor
ISBN :
Author : Nicola Bird
Publisher : Hay House, Inc
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 25,99 MB
Release : 2019-05-07
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 1788173066
Do you feel like anxiety is making your life smaller? Are you always worried about the next panic attack? Or are you so stressed that you can't remember when you last felt peaceful and happy? What if there was a simple solution that meant you could stop coping, and start living? For more than 20 years, Nicola Bird experienced anxiety and panic attacks, sometimes so severely she couldn't leave the house. She tried everything, including medication, psychiatric counselling, yoga, and NLP. Then she stumbled upon a completely different way of understanding the human mind that changed her relationship with anxiety forever. In A Little Peace of Mind, Nicola opens up about her own experiences and shares simple ideas to help you realise your own innate mental health and wellbeing. At the heart of this understanding, you'll discover the peace of mind that has been eluding you all this time.
Author : Frank Kermode
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 636 pages
File Size : 48,46 MB
Release : 2004-09-06
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1429931183
Sir Frank Kermode has been writing peerless literary criticism for more than a half-century. Pieces of My Mind includes his own choice of his major essays since 1958, beginning with his extraordinary study of "Poet and Dancer Before Diaghilev" and ending with a marvelous consideration of Shakespeare's Othello and Verdi-Boito's Otello. Important essays on Hawthorne, on Wallace Stevens, on problems in literary theory and analysis, on Auden, on "Secrets and Narrative Sequence," and three previously unpublished essays (including one on "Memory" and one on "Forgetting") fill out this rich and rewarding volume. Pieces of My Mind also contains recent considerations of the work of major modern writers--Don DeLillo, Raymond Carver, Tom Paulin, and others. Of Kermode's last book, Shakespeare's Language, Richard Howard wrote that it was "a triumph of inauguration and the crowning action of his splendid career of criticism. It is, and will doubtless remain, the first book one should read about Shakespeare's plays, and with those plays." Pieces of My Mind has equal authority and power, and it will be equally praised.
Author : Michael C. Corballis
Publisher : Auckland University Press
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 14,80 MB
Release : 2013-10-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 1869405889
Why do we remember faces but not names? If your brain was cut in half would you suffer more than a splitting headache? Does your dog remember where it buried its bone? And do we really only use 10 per cent of our brains? In 21 short walks around the human mind, Michael C. Corballis answers these questions—and more. The human mind is arguably the most complex organ in the universe. Modern computers might be faster, and whales might have larger brains, but neither can match the sheer intellect or capacity for creativity that we humans enjoy. In this book Michael Corballis introduces us to what we've learned about the intricacies of the human brain over the last fifty years. Leading us through behavioural experiments and neuroscience, cognitive theory and Darwinian evolution with his trademark wit and wisdom, Corballis punctures a few hot-air balloons ('You only use 10 per cent of your brain!' 'Unleash the creativity of your right brain!') and explains just what we know—and don't know—about our own minds. From language to standing upright, composing music to bullshitting, he covers some of the fascinating activities and capabilities that go towards making us human. At one time or another, we've all wished that we could get inside someone else's head. Here's how.
Author : Ralph Allison
Publisher : Cie Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 18,67 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Multiple personality
ISBN : 9780966894905
Author : Paul Coleman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 44,68 MB
Release : 2014-10-03
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 1440573395
A sensitive approach to overcoming loss! Behind every tragedy and loss lies a tranquil reality just waiting to be found. Finding Peace When Your Heart Is in Pieces shows you how to use the Four Paths of Transformation--acceptance, inspiration, release, and compassion--to move past your suffering and discover inner peace. Author Paul Coleman, PsyD, guides you through every chapter with powerful exercises that help you evaluate your current emotional state and how the hardship has impacted your life. With his guidance and insight, you will learn how to transform your pain into positive thinking, find perspective through charitable acts, and hone in on what you need to do to step into a brighter future. Whether mourning the loss of a romance, health, a loved one, or coping with any of life's upheavals, Finding Peace When Your Heart Is in Pieces will help you overcome your pain and finally find peace within yourself.
Author : Julian Jaynes
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 14,67 MB
Release : 2000-08-15
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0547527543
National Book Award Finalist: “This man’s ideas may be the most influential, not to say controversial, of the second half of the twentieth century.”—Columbus Dispatch At the heart of this classic, seminal book is Julian Jaynes's still-controversial thesis that human consciousness did not begin far back in animal evolution but instead is a learned process that came about only three thousand years ago and is still developing. The implications of this revolutionary scientific paradigm extend into virtually every aspect of our psychology, our history and culture, our religion—and indeed our future. “Don’t be put off by the academic title of Julian Jaynes’s The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind. Its prose is always lucid and often lyrical…he unfolds his case with the utmost intellectual rigor.”—The New York Times “When Julian Jaynes . . . speculates that until late in the twentieth millennium BC men had no consciousness but were automatically obeying the voices of the gods, we are astounded but compelled to follow this remarkable thesis.”—John Updike, The New Yorker “He is as startling as Freud was in The Interpretation of Dreams, and Jaynes is equally as adept at forcing a new view of known human behavior.”—American Journal of Psychiatry
Author : Charles Fernyhough
Publisher :
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 48,72 MB
Release : 2013-07-04
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781846684494
Shortlisted for the Royal Society Winton Prize 2013 and the 2013 Best Book of Ideas Prize.Memory is an essential part of who we are. But what are memories, and how are they created? A new consensus is emerging among cognitive scientists: rather than possessing a particular memory from our past, like a snapshot, we construct it anew each time we are called upon to remember. Remembering is an act of narrative as much as it is the product of a neurological process. Pieces of Light illuminates this theory through a collection of human stories, each illustrating a facet of memory's complex synergy of cognitive and neurological functions.Drawing on case studies, personal experience and the latest research, Charles Fernyhough delves into the memories of the very young and very old, and explores how amnesia and trauma can affect how we view the past. Exquisitely written and meticulously researched, Pieces of Light blends science and literature, the ordinary and the extraordinary, to illuminate the way we remember and forget.
Author : Jody Giles
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 11,19 MB
Release : 2016-11-29
Category :
ISBN : 9781540730312
If something happens to you today, would your loved ones know your wishes? 82% of people say it's important to put their wishes in writing, but only 23% have actually done it. The Missing Pieces Plan is here to help change that. The Missing Pieces Plan is ONE book designed to guide you through the process of documenting all your wishes and leaving you - and your loved ones - well prepared. There's a saying, "leave a legacy, not a mess." Incorporating these missing pieces into your plan allows you to leave a legacy, not a mess and provides you and your loved ones the greatest gift - peace of mind. While giving you peace of mind, this book is also a gift to your loved ones. It spares them stressful decisions and needless frustrations when you're ill or upon your death. The book also presents loved ones with your legacy, your story. By completing the worksheets in this one-of-a-kind guide, you will have it all done - allowing you to live a more fulfilled life NOW. What makes it unique? Written by a CPA and CFP(r) with over 20 years financial and life experiences Unconventional guidance that helps you fills in missing pieces of traditional financial plans Includes uniquely crafted worksheets to help readers put their wishes to paper Will provide you and your loved ones with a priceless gift of peace of mind
