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Why Is the World So Beautiful?
Our Minds in Search of Nature's Rhymes
Inbunden, 2026
299 kr
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A fascinating inquiry into why beauty matters and how it has played an evolutionary role in our understanding of the world. From a pioneering neuropsychologist and the winner of the Mind and Brain Prize.Why do we love beauty? And why is the world so full of it? From rainbows and mountain landscapes …
Sentience
The Invention of Consciousness
Inbunden, 2022
240 kr
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We feel therefore we are. Conscious sensations ground our sense of self. They are essential to our idea of ourselves as psychic beings: present, existent, and mattering. But is it only humans who feel this way? Do other animals? Will future machines? To answer these questions we need a scientific …
Sentience
The Invention of Consciousness
Häftad, 2024
113 kr
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We feel therefore we are. Conscious sensations ground our sense of self. They are essential to our idea of ourselves as psychic beings: present, existent, and mattering. But is it only humans who feel this way? Do other animals? Will future machines? To answer these questions we need a scientific …
Soul Dust
The Magic of Consciousness
Häftad, 2012
146 kr
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How is consciousness possible? What biological purpose does it serve? Why do we value it so highly? In Soul Dust the psychologist Nicholas Humphrey, a leading figure in consciousness research, returns to the front-line with a startling new theory. Consciousness, he argues, is nothing less than a …
The Mind Made Flesh
Essays from the Frontiers of Psychology and Evolution
Häftad, 2002
423 kr
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Nicholas Humphrey's writings about the evolution of the mind have done much to set the agenda for contemporary psychology. Here, in a series of riveting essays, he invites us to 'take another look' at a variety of the central and not-so-central issues: the evolution of consciousness, the nature of …
The Inner Eye
Social Intelligence in Evolution
Häftad, 2002
477 kr
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Where does consciousness come from? What is it? Where is it taking us?In 1971 Nicholas Humphrey spent three months at Dian Fossey's gorilla research centre in Rwanda. It was there, among the mountain gorillas that he began to focus on the philosphical and scientific puzzle that has fascinated him …
History of the Mind
Evolution and the Birth of Consciousness
Häftad, 1999
367 kr
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This book is a tour-de-force on how human consciousness may have evolved. From the "phantom pain" experienced by people who have lost their limbs to the uncanny faculty of "blindsight," Humphrey argues that raw sensations are central to all conscious states and that consciousness must have evolved, …
Leaps of Faith
Science, Miracles, and the Search for Supernatural Consolation
Häftad, 1999
257 kr
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Leaps of Faith is a compelling and highly praised critique of beliefs in paranormal phenomena, miracles, and the like, written by the noted British psychologist Nicholas Humphrey. The author argues that our beliefs in the supernatural typically originate in anxiety about the future and are …
Seeing Red
A Study in Consciousness
Häftad, 2008
315 kr
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"Consciousness matters. Arguably it matters more than anything. The purpose of this book is to build towards an explanation of just what the matter is."Nicholas Humphrey begins this compelling exploration of the biggest of big questions with a challenge to the reader, and himself. What's involved …
Soul Dust
The Magic of Consciousness
E-bok, 2011
585 kr
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A radically new view of the nature and purpose of consciousness How is consciousness possible? What biological purpose does it serve? And why do we value it so highly? In Soul Dust , the psychologist Nicholas Humphrey, a leading figure in consciousness research, proposes a startling new theory. …
Penguin Small Business Guide
E-bok, 2007
247 kr
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Whether you already own a small or medium business, or you are thinking of buying or starting one, The Penguin Small Business Guide is your first step to success. This new edition will keep you up-to-date with the changing face of Australian small business. In this practical, easy-to-understand …
Penguin Small Business Guide: the complete reference handbook for small to medium enterprises
the complete reference handbook for small to medium enterprises
E-bok, 2010
247 kr
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Whether you already own a small or medium business, or you are thinking of buying or starting one, The Penguin Small Business Guide is your first step to success. This new edition will keep you up-to-date with the changing face of Australian small business. In this practical, easy-to-understand …
Soul Dust
The Magic of Consciousness
E-bok, 2011
45 kr
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How is consciousness possible? What biological purpose does it serve? Why do we value it so highly? In Soul Dust the psychologist Nicholas Humphrey, a leading figure in consciousness research, returns to the front-line with a startling new theory. Consciousness, he argues, is nothing less than a …
How to Solve the Mind-body Problem
Häftad, 2000
143 kr
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The mind is the brain. Each mental state -- each hope, fear, thought -- can be identified with a particular physical state of the brain, without remainder. So argues Nicholas Humphrey in this highly readable yet scholarly essay. He offers strong support for his "identity theory" from evolution. His …
