de la Mettrie's Ghost

The Story of Decisions
2005. Auflage 2005
ISBN: 978-1-4039-9495-0
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan Us

Buch, Englisch, 235 Seiten, Format (B × H): 139 mm x 206 mm, Gewicht: 354 g

Reihe: Macmillan Science

This book is about how we make choices. Drawing together evidence from 21st century chemistry to Victorian politics, enlightenment philosophy, Roman drama and beyond, it is a compelling hunt for the nature of free will.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nunn, C.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Back to basics Memory Free Will and Free Won't Illusions of Willing Susan's Tale, Part 1 Objects in Mind More Cognitive Objects Weariness - Victorian and Modern Good Ideas Susan's Tale, Part 2 Stories and Their People Of Laws, Physics and Stories Epilogue - On Being a Story

Über Autor(innen)

CHRIS NUNN is Associate Editor of the . He has written numerous papers, articles and book reviews. His first book, , an examination of current scientific thinking about the nature of consciousness, was published by Routledge in 1996. He has spent 30 years as a consultant psychiatrist and researcher specializing in manic-depression and the senses, latterly at Southampton University in the UK.