De La Mettrie's ghost : : the story of decisions /

De La Mettrie's ghost : : the story of decisions / / by Chris Nunn.

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.

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Nunn, Chris, 1940-
Year of Publication:2005
Language:Spanish
English
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Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Back to basics; 3 Memory; 4 Free will and free won't; 5 Illusions of willing; 6 Susan's tale (Part I); 7 Objects in mind; 8 More cognitive objects; 9 Weariness - Victorian and modern; 10 Good ideas; 11 Susan's tale (Part II); 12 Stories and their people; 13 Of laws, physics and stories; Epilogue: On being a story; Notes; References; Index
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.
English
Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-220) and index.
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La Mettrie, Julien Offray de, 1709-1751. Homme machine.
Consciousness.
Mechanism (Philosophy)
Mind and body.
Decision making.
Physiology.
Free will and determinism.
21st century
Age of Enlightenment
drama
drawing
enlightenment
free will
memory
nature
philosophy
physics
politics
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