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"Den torrt tekniska prosan om hjärnans anatomi borde egentligen inte erbjuda någon rafflande läsning, men det var länge sedan jag var så här uppslukad av en populärvetenskaplig bok. /.../ Snarare än att förenkla det komplexa till varje pris ä...

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Kommer den artificiella intelligensen att bli bättre på att tänka än den mänskliga? Kognitionsvetaren Peter Gärdenfors förklarar varför så inte är fallet. Den mänskliga intelligensen består av en rad olika färdigheter och specialiteter som har för...

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Utanför Verkligheten är skriven av Roger Gotthardsson som en självbiografisk reseberättelse och förklarar i detalj hur läsaren kan utforska och utvidga medvetandet med hjälp av extrema former av meditation tillsammans med många andra verktyg. Boke...

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Vi kan ännu inte ta på en virtuell yta, smaka på en virtuell dryck eller känna en virtuell doft. Men enligt filosofen David Chalmers utvecklas tekniken så fort att det inom ett århundrade knappt kommer att vara möjligt att skilja mellan det virtue...

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Den blöta klump som är vår hjärna väger knappt ett och ett halvt kilo och utgör två procent av kroppsvikten. Ja, lite mindre hos en tidigare ledamot i Franska akademien, som det ska visa sig i hjärnforskaren Pontus Waslings bok och upptäcktsfärd i...

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Analogy is the core of all thinking. This is the simple but unorthodox premise that Pulitzer Prize-winning author Douglas Hofstadter and French psychologist Emmanuel Sander defend in their new work. Hofstadter has been grappling with the mysteries...

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Most things you know about science and religion are myths or half-truths that grew up in the last years of the nineteenth century and remain widespread today. A deeply researched history of the interplay between the two ways of understanding the w...

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HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Plato's Republic has influenced Western philosophers for centuries, with its main focus on what makes a well-balanced society and individual.

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Describes the influence of spoken and written language and rational thinking on man's perception of the natural world around him.

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HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. The discourses of the great Stoic philosopher Epictetus are regarded as some of the most influential teachings of the ancient world. Born into slavery and se...

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HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Our life is what our thoughts make it The extraordinary writings of Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180), the only Roman emperor to have also been a stoic philosophe...

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The Doors of perception originally published in 1954 and Heaven and hell originally published in 1956.

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A yogi's guide to joy. Thought leader and visionary presents techniques to achieve absolute well-being.

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The first full-length translation in English of an essential work of postmodernist thought

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE PHYSICS WORLD BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019 'One of the deepest and most original thinkers of his generation of cognitive scientists. His startling argument has implications for philosophy, science, and how we understand the world...

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The teachings of Epicurus-about life and death, religion and science, physical sensation, happiness, morality, and friendship-attracted legions of adherents throughout the ancient Mediterranean world and deeply influenced later European thought. T...

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'An extraordinary book . . . It will shake up your most fundamental beliefs about everyday experience, and it just might change your life.' Paul Bloom ___ For the millions of people who want spirituality without religion, Sam Harris&apos...

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Medvetandets återkomst handlar om den djupaste av alla existentiella frågor: Hur kommer det sig att vi människor kan uppleva våra liv över huvud taget? Varför har vi en inre värld? I slutet av 1990-talet satsade hjärnforskaren Christof Koch en låd...

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Now in its fourth edition, this highly popular text is the definitive introduction to consciousness, exploring the key theories and evidence in consciousness studies ranging from neuroscience and psychology to quantum theories and philosophy. Writ...

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NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER From a renowned Vedic scholar, leader of the Maharishi Foundations, and Harvard-trained neuroscientist: a radical new paradigm for understanding Consciousness and finding enlightenment, peace, and fulfillmen...

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THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER One of TIME's Ten Best Nonfiction Books of the Decade 'Captivating, fascinating, profoundly beautiful. . . Rovelli is a wonderfully humane, gentle and witty guide for he is as much philosopher and poet as h...

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This Very Short Introduction to hermeneutics demonstrates the central role of interpretation in our daily lives. By considering the historic developments in hermeneutic theory as well as its contemporary relevance, Zimmermann explains how humans c...

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»Arbetet innefattar tre tematiskt och metodiskt strikt avgränsade dela r. Den första, som tar upp minnet och minnesfenomenen, präglas av en f enomenologi i den husserlska bemärkelsen av termen. Den andra, som ägn as historien, faller under en hist...

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Discover this profound account of Huxley's famous experimentation with mescalin that has influenced writers and artists for decades. Concise, evocative, wise and, above all, humane, The Doors of Perception is a masterpiece Sunday Times In 195...

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The Origins and History of Consciousness draws on a full range of world mythology to show how individual consciousness undergoes the same archetypal stages of development as human consciousness as a whole. Erich Neumann was one of C. G. Jung'...

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The follow-up to the BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week Other Minds A Times and Sunday Times Book of the Year A Waterstones Best Book of 2020 The scuba-diving philosopher explores the origins of animal consciousness. Dip below the oceans surface and you...

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In 'Combining', Nora Bateson invites us into an ecology of communication where nothing stands alone, and every action sets off a chain of incalculable consequences. She challenges conventional fixes for our problems, highlighting the nee...

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The tradition of Tantra or Tantric Buddhism is known to have existed in India as early as the 5th century AD. In this book Osho talks about the mystical insight of Tantra that is to be found in these ancient writings. Mining these ancient Tantric ...

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In his bestselling work of popular science, Sir Roger Penrose takes us on a fascinating tour through the basic principles of physics, cosmology, mathematics, and philosophy to show that human thinking can never be emulated by a machine.

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In Then I Am Myself the World, Christof Koch explores the only thing we directly experience: consciousness. At the book's heart is integrated-information theory, the idea that the essence of consciousness is the ability to exert causal power ...

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