Love, work, and play
brains and the meaning of life
By Paul Thagard
"Love, work, and play" was published by Princeton University Press in 2010 - Princeton, N.J, it has 274 pages and the language of the book is English.
“Love, work, and play” Metadata:
- Title: Love, work, and play
- Author: Paul Thagard
- Language: English
- Number of Pages: 274
- Publisher: Princeton University Press
- Publish Date: 2010
- Publish Location: Princeton, N.J
“Love, work, and play” Subjects and Themes:
- Subjects: ➤ Kognition - Life - Realitätsbezug - Realita#x1A;tsbezug - Kognitionswissenschaft - Hersenen - Neurowissenschaften - Psychologie - Zin (filosofie) - Lebenssinn - Cognitive science - Filosofie van de geest - Philosophie - Moraal - Realitatsbezug
Edition Specifications:
- Pagination: p. cm.
Edition Identifiers:
- The Open Library ID: OL23575739M - OL1941537W
- Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) ID: 416717721
- Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN): 2009025312
- ISBN-13: 9780691142722
- All ISBNs: 9780691142722
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"Love, work, and play" Table Of Contents:
- 1- We all need wisdom
- 2- Why live?
- 3- Sources of wisdom
- 4- Philosophical approaches
- 5- The relevance of minds and brains
- 6- Looking ahead
- 7- Evidence beats faith
- 8- Faith versus evidence
- 9- How faith works
- 10- How evidence works
- 11- Evidence and inference in science
- 12- Medicine : evidence or faith?
- 13- Evidence, truth, and God
- 14- A priori reasoning and thought experiments
- 15- Minds are brains
- 16- The brain revolution
- 17- Evidence that minds are brains
- 18- Evidence for dualism
- 19- Objections to mind-brain identity
- 20- Who are you?
- 21- How brains know reality
- 22- Reality and its discontents
- 23- Knowing objects
- 24- Appearance and reality
- 25- Concepts
- 26- Knowledge beyond perception
- 27- Coherence in the brain
- 28- Coherence and truth
- 29- How brains feel emotions
- 30- Emotions matter
- 31- Valuations in the brain
- 32- Cognitive appraisal versus bodily perception
- 33- Synthesis : the emocon model
- 34- Emotional consciousness
- 35- Multilevel explanations
- 36- Rationality and affective afflictions
- 37- How brains decide
- 38- Big decisions
- 39- Inference to the best plan
- 40- Decisions in the brain
- 41- Changing goals
- 42- How to make bad decisions
- 43- Living without free will
- 44- Why life is worth living
- 45- The meaning of life
- 46- Nihilism
- 47- Happiness
- 48- Goals and meaning
- 49- Love
- 50- Work
- 51- Play
- 52- Needs and hopes
- 53- Wants versus needs
- 54- Vital needs
- 55- How love, work, and play satisfy needs
- 56- Balance, coherence, and change
- 57- Hope versus despair
- 58- Ethical brains
- 59- Ethical decisions
- 60- Conscience and moral intuitions
- 61- Mirror neurons
- 62- Empathy
- 63- Moral motivation
- 64- Ethical theory
- 65- Moral objectivity
- 66- Responsibility
- 67- Making sense of it all
- 68- Connections made
- 69- Wisdom gained
- 70- What kind of government should countries have?
- 71- How can creative change be produced?
- 72- What is mathematical knowledge?
- 73- Why is there something and not nothing?
- 74- The future of wisdom.
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