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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “arnon levy”
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  • Explanation and Understanding

    by Arnon Levy ...
    Series series New Problems of Philosophy
    Science has multiple goals: to describe the world, as it is now; to predict the future and to make inferences about the past. Science also aims to understand the world – to explain why it is the way it is. But what does it take to explain a phenomenon? How does science generate understanding and what does that take?In this thorough and clearly written introduction to scientific explanation, Arnon ... Read more

    Was $83.99 CAD Now $74.19 CAD

  • The Mindful Brain

    Your life-journey of meeting a brain and culture founded psychology, and discovering the mindpower in positive psychology and flow.

    by Arnon Levy ...
    The Mindful Brain is a novel written by Prof. Arnon Levy, a clinical psychologist and psycho-anthropologist and the founder of Dynamic Positive Coaching Psychology. This book explores the interconnectedness of consciousness, the brain, psychology, positive psychology, culture, and evolution. The novel's protagonist, Norman, is an international press correspondent who embarks on a journey to find ... Read more

    $9.61 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Scientific Imagination

    Edited by Arnon Levy, Peter Godfrey-Smith ...
    The imagination, our capacity to entertain thoughts and ideas "in the mind's eye," is indispensable in science as elsewhere in human life. Indeed, common scientific practices such as modeling and idealization rely on the imagination to construct simplified, stylized scenarios essential for scientific understanding. Yet the philosophy of science has traditionally shied away from according an ... Read more

    $134.39 CAD

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    Why the Materialist Neo-Darwinian Conception of Nature Is Almost Certainly False

    by Thomas Nagel ...
    The modern materialist approach to life has conspicuously failed to explain such central mind-related features of our world as consciousness, intentionality, meaning, and value. This failure to account for something so integral to nature as mind, argues philosopher Thomas Nagel, is a major problem, threatening to unravel the entire naturalistic world picture, extending to biology, evolutionary ... Read more

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  • Wired to Create

    Unraveling the Mysteries of the Creative Mind

    by Carolyn Gregoire, Scott Barry Kaufman PhD ...
    Discover the ten things highly creative people do differently.Is it possible to make sense of something as elusive as creativity? Based on psychologist Scott Barry Kaufman’s groundbreaking research and Carolyn Gregoire’s popular article in the Huffington Post, Wired to Create offers a glimpse inside the “messy minds” of highly creative people. Revealing the latest findings in neuroscience and ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • Language, Cognition, and Human Nature

    Selected Articles

    by Steven Pinker ...
    Language, Cognition, and Human Nature collects together for the first time much of Steven Pinker's most influential scholarly work on language and cognition. Pinker's seminal research explores the workings of language and its connections to cognition, perception, social relationships, child development, human evolution, and theories of human nature. This eclectic collection spans Pinker's thirty ... Read more

    $23.19 CAD

  • The Emotion Machine

    Commonsense Thinking, Artificial Intelligence, and the Future of the Human Mind

    by Marvin Minsky ...
    In this mind-expanding book, scientific pioneer Marvin Minsky continues his groundbreaking research, offering a fascinating new model for how our minds work. He argues persuasively that emotions, intuitions, and feelings are not distinct things, but different ways of thinking.By examining these different forms of mind activity, Minsky says, we can explain why our thought sometimes takes the form ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • Mind in Life

    Biology, Phenomenology, and the Sciences of Mind

    by Evan Thompson ...
    How is life related to the mind? The question has long confounded philosophers and scientists, and it is this so-called explanatory gap between biological life and consciousness that Evan Thompson explores in Mind in Life.Thompson draws upon sources as diverse as molecular biology, evolutionary theory, artificial life, complex systems theory, neuroscience, psychology, Continental Phenomenology, ... Read more

    $35.19 CAD

  • The 7 Laws of Magical Thinking

    How Irrational Beliefs Keep Us Happy, Healthy, and Sane

    by Matthew Hutson ...
    In this witty and perceptive debut, a former editor at Psychology Today shows us how magical thinking makes life worth living.Psychologists have documented a litany of cognitive biases- misperceptions of the world-and explained their positive functions. Now, Matthew Hutson shows us that even the most hardcore skeptic indulges in magical thinking all the time-and it's crucial to our survival ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

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  • Riveted

    The Science of Why Jokes Make Us Laugh, Movies Make Us Cry, and Religion Makes Us Feel One with the Universe

    by Jim Davies ...
    Why do some things pass under the radar of our attention, but other things capture our interest? Why do some religions catch on and others fade away? What makes a story, a movie, or a book riveting? Why do some people keep watching the news even though it makes them anxious?The past 20 years have seen a remarkable flourishing of scientific research into exactly these kinds of questions. Professor ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD

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  • This is Philosophy of Mind

    An Introduction

    by Pete Mandik ...
    Series Book 22 - This is Philosophy
    This is Philosophy of Mind presents students of philosophy with an accessible introduction to the core issues related to the philosophy of mind.Includes issues related to the mind-body problem, artificial intelligence, free will, the nature of consciousness, and moreWritten to be accessible to philosophy students early in their studiesFeatures supplemental online resources on <a href="https://www ... Read more

    $38.99 CAD

  • We've Had a Hundred Years of Psychotherapy

    And the World's Getting Worse

    by James Hillman, Michael Ventura ...
    The #1 New York Times–bestselling author of The Soul's Code engages in a wide-ranging dialogue that "bursts with vigorous ideas, tangents, and humor" ( Library Journal).This furious, trenchant, and audacious series of interrelated dialogues and letters takes a searing look at not only the legacy of psychotherapy, but also practically every aspect of contemporary living—from sexuality to politics, ... Read more

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