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41 produkter
The Geography of Morals
Varieties of Moral Possibility
Inbunden, 2016
791 kr
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The Geography of Morals is a work of extraordinary ambition: an indictment of the parochialism of Western philosophy, a comprehensive dialogue between anthropology, empirical moral psychology, behavioral economics, and cross-cultural philosophy, and a deep exploration of the opportunities for self, …
Geography of Morals
Varieties of Moral Possibility
E-bok, 2016
275 kr
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The Geography of Morals is a work of extraordinary ambition: an indictment of the parochialism of Western philosophy, a comprehensive dialogue between anthropology, empirical moral psychology, behavioral economics, and cross-cultural philosophy, and a deep exploration of the opportunities for self, …
Geography of Morals
Varieties of Moral Possibility
E-bok, 2016
275 kr
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The Geography of Morals is a work of extraordinary ambition: an indictment of the parochialism of Western philosophy, a comprehensive dialogue between anthropology, empirical moral psychology, behavioral economics, and cross-cultural philosophy, and a deep exploration of the opportunities for self, …
Dreaming Souls
Sleep, Dreams and the Evolution of the Conscious Mind
E-bok, 2001
180 kr
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What, if anything, do dreams tell us about ourselves? What is the relationship between types of sleep and types of dreams? Does dreaming serve any purpose? Or are dreams simply meaningless mental noise--"unmusical fingers wandering over the piano keys"? With expertise in philosophy, psychology, and …
Neuroexistentialism
Meaning, Morals, and Purpose in the Age of Neuroscience
Av CARUSO, Gregg Caruso m. fl.
Inbunden, 2018
2352 kr
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Existentialisms arise when the foundations of being, such as meaning, morals, and purpose come under assault. In the first-wave of existentialism, writings typified by Kierkegaard, Dostoevsky, and Nietzsche concerned the increasingly apparent inability of religion, and religious tradition, to …
Neuroexistentialism
Meaning, Morals, and Purpose in the Age of Neuroscience
Av Gregg Caruso, Owen Flanagan
Häftad, 2018
804 kr
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Existentialisms arise when the foundations of being, such as meaning, morals, and purpose come under assault. In the first-wave of existentialism, writings typified by Kierkegaard, Dostoevsky, and Nietzsche concerned the increasingly apparent inability of religion, and religious tradition, to …
Neuroexistentialism
Meaning, Morals, and Purpose in the Age of Neuroscience
Av Owen Flanagan, Gregg Caruso
E-bok, 2017
569 kr
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Existentialisms arise when the foundations of being, such as meaning, morals, and purpose come under assault. In the first-wave of existentialism, writings typified by Kierkegaard, Dostoevsky, and Nietzsche concerned the increasingly apparent inability of religion, and religious tradition, to …
Neuroexistentialism
Meaning, Morals, and Purpose in the Age of Neuroscience
Av Owen Flanagan, Gregg Caruso
E-bok, 2017
569 kr
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Existentialisms arise when the foundations of being, such as meaning, morals, and purpose come under assault. In the first-wave of existentialism, writings typified by Kierkegaard, Dostoevsky, and Nietzsche concerned the increasingly apparent inability of religion, and religious tradition, to …
The Geography of Morals
Varieties of Moral Possibility
Häftad, 2019
373 kr
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The Geography of Morals is a work of extraordinary ambition: an indictment of the parochialism of Western philosophy, a comprehensive dialogue between anthropology, empirical moral psychology, behavioral economics, and cross-cultural philosophy, and a deep exploration of the opportunities for self, …
Self Expressions
Mind, Morals, and the Meaning of Life
Inbunden, 1996
1985 kr
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Continuing the old philosophical project of reconciling a scientific view of ourselves with the view of ourselves as agents of free will and meaning, but bringing to this project the latest insights of neuroscience, cognitive science, and psychiatry, Flanagan's collection of essays explores topics …
Self Expressions
Mind, Morals, and the Meaning of Life
Häftad, 1998
1465 kr
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Continuing the old philosophical project of reconciling a scientific view of ourselves with the view of ourselves as agents of free will and meaning, but bringing to this project the latest insights of neuroscience, cognitive science, and psychiatry, Flanagan's collection of essays explores topics …
Dreaming Souls
Sleep, Dreams and the Evolution of the Conscious Mind
E-bok, 2001
180 kr
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What, if anything, do dreams tell us about ourselves? What is the relationship between types of sleep and types of dreams? Does dreaming serve any purpose? Or are dreams simply meaningless mental noise--"unmusical fingers wandering over the piano keys"? With expertise in philosophy, psychology, and …
Self Expressions
Mind, Morals, and the Meaning of Life
E-bok, 1996
807 kr
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Human beings have the unique ability to consciously reflect on the nature of the self. But reflection has its costs. We can ask what the self is, but as David Hume pointed out, the self, once reflected upon, may be nowhere to be found. The favored view is that we are material beings living in the …
What Is It Like to Be an Addict?
Understanding Substance Abuse
Inbunden, 2025
282 kr
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A powerful and important exploration of how addiction functions on social, psychological and biological levels, integrated with the experience of being an addict, from an acclaimed philosopher and former addict.What is addiction? Theories about what kind of thing addiction is are sharply divided …
What Is It Like to Be an Addict?
Understanding Substance Abuse
E-bok, 2024
228 kr
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A powerful and important exploration of how addiction functions on social, psychological and biological levels, integrated with the experience of being an addict, from an acclaimed philosopher and former addict. What is addiction? Theories about what kind of thing addiction is are sharply divided …
What Is It Like to Be an Addict?
Understanding Substance Abuse
E-bok, 2024
228 kr
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A powerful and important exploration of how addiction functions on social, psychological and biological levels, integrated with the experience of being an addict, from an acclaimed philosopher and former addict. What is addiction? Theories about what kind of thing addiction is are sharply divided …
The Oneness Hypothesis
Beyond the Boundary of Self
Av Philip Ivanhoe, Owen Flanagan m. fl.
Inbunden, 2018
366 kr
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The idea that the self is inextricably intertwined with the rest of the world—the “oneness hypothesis”—can be found in many of the world’s philosophical and religious traditions. Oneness provides ways to imagine and achieve a more expansive conception of the self as fundamentally connected with …
Ethics in Action for Sustainable Development
Av Jeffrey D. Sachs, Owen Flanagan m. fl.
Inbunden, 2022
1374 kr
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The Sustainable Development Goals, adopted by the United Nations in 2015, comprise an ambitious and sweeping agenda that unites economic, social, and environmental aims. What resources do the world’s religious and secular traditions offer in support of these objectives? Which principles do these …
Ethics in Action for Sustainable Development
Av Jeffrey D. Sachs, Owen Flanagan m. fl.
Häftad, 2022
349 kr
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The Sustainable Development Goals, adopted by the United Nations in 2015, comprise an ambitious and sweeping agenda that unites economic, social, and environmental aims. What resources do the world’s religious and secular traditions offer in support of these objectives? Which principles do these …
Against Happiness
Av Owen Flanagan, Joseph E. LeDoux m. fl.
Inbunden, 2023
1203 kr
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The “happiness agenda” is a worldwide movement that claims that happiness is the highest good, happiness can be measured, and public policy should promote happiness. Against Happiness is a thorough and powerful critique of this program, revealing the flaws of its concept of happiness and advocating …
Against Happiness
Av Owen Flanagan, Joseph E. LeDoux m. fl.
Häftad, 2023
306 kr
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The “happiness agenda” is a worldwide movement that claims that happiness is the highest good, happiness can be measured, and public policy should promote happiness. Against Happiness is a thorough and powerful critique of this program, revealing the flaws of its concept of happiness and advocating …
Really Hard Problem
E-bok, 2009
273 kr
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A noted philosopher proposes a naturalistic (rather than supernaturalistic) way to solve the "really hard problem": how to live in a meaningful way—how to live a life that really matters—even as a finite material being living in a material world. If consciousness is "the hard problem" in mind …
Bodhisattva's Brain
E-bok, 2011
239 kr
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Can there be a Buddhism without karma, nirvana, and reincarnation that is compatible with the rest of knowledge? If we are material beings living in a material world—and all the scientific evidence suggests that we are—then we must find existential meaning, if there is such a thing, in this …
Identity, Character, and Morality
Essays in Moral Psychology
Av Owen Flanagan, Amélie Oksenberg Rorty
Häftad, 1993
693 kr
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Problem Of The Soul
Two Visions Of Mind And How To Reconcile Them
Häftad, 2003
363 kr
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Science has always created problems for traditional ways of seeing things, but now the very attributes that make us human- free will, the permanence of personal identity, the existence of the soul- are threatened by the science of the mind. If the mind is the brain, and therefore a physical object …
Varieties of Moral Personality
Ethics and Psychological Realism
Häftad, 1993
511 kr
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Owen Flanagan argues in this book for a more psychologically realistic ethical reflection and spells out the ways in which psychology can enrich moral philosophy. Beginning with a discussion of such “moral saints” as Gandhi, Mother Teresa, and Oskar Schindler, Flanagan charts a middle course …
How to Do Things with Emotions
The Morality of Anger and Shame across Cultures
Inbunden, 2021
323 kr
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An expansive look at how culture shapes our emotions—and how we can benefit, as individuals and a society, from less anger and more shameThe world today is full of anger. Everywhere we look, we see values clashing and tempers rising, in ways that seem frenzied, aimless, and cruel. At the same time, …
