Mind & Body

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262633086Author Thomas MetzingerFormat PaperbackPage Count 714Imprint Bradford BooksPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 1043gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

The Reader is the first comprehensive history of the noosphere and biosphere. Drawing on classical influences, modern parallels, and insights into the future, the Reader traces the emergence of noosphere and biosphere concepts within the concept of...

A renowned philosopher of the mind, also known for his groundbreaking work on Buddhism and cognitive science, Evan Thompson combines the latest neuroscience research on sleep, dreaming, and meditation with Indian and Western philosophy of mind, casting...

In A New Culture of Energy, Luce Irigaray reflects on three critical concerns of our time: the cultivation of energy in its many forms, the integration of Asian and Western traditions, and the reenvisioning of religious figures for the contemporary world...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262036719Author Matthew RatcliffeFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 21mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788191009637Author M. SriFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint Magenta PressPublisher Magenta PressDimensions(mm) 140mm * 216mm * 9mm

When historian Charles Weiner found pages of Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman's notes, he saw it as a "record" of Feynman's work. Feynman himself, however, insisted that the notes were not a record but the work itself. In Supersizing the...

Nautilus Award Gold Medal Winner, Ecology & Environment In Matter and Desire, internationally renowned biologist and philosopher Andreas Weber rewrites ecology as a tender practice of forging relationships, of yearning for connections, and of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781556357558Author David Ray GriffinFormat PaperbackPage Count 282Imprint Wipf & Stock PublishersPublisher Wipf & Stock PublishersWeight(grams)...

The experience of illness is a universal and substantial part of human existence. Like death, illness raises important philosophical issues. But unlike death, illness, and in particular the experience of being ill, has received little philosophical...

Building on a hermeneutic tradition in which accounts of carnal embodiment are overlooked, misunderstood, or underdeveloped, this work initiates a new field of study and concern. Carnal Hermeneutics provides a philosophical approach to the body as...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781907347016Author Three InitiatesFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint White Crane Publishing LtdPublisher White Crane Publishing LtdWeight(grams)...

A philosophically and medically informed response to the physical vulnerabilities of our existence As we grapple with the impacts of an aging population, the millions who struggle with chronic pain and illness, and the unknown number of COVID survivors...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781855842540Author Rudolf SteinerFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint SteinerBooks, IncPublisher Anthroposophic Press Inc

What is consciousness? How does the subjective character of consciousness fit into an objective world? How can there be a science of consciousness? In this sequel to his groundbreaking and controversial The Conscious Mind, David Chalmers develops a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913517588Author Elena G RiversFormat PaperbackPage Count 124Imprint Loa for SuccessPublisher Loa for SuccessWeight(grams) 177g

Can we reach the psychotic subject in their delusion? Psychopathological theorists often try to find a way to characterise this subject's inner predicament so that their opaque utterances and actions will now rationally hang together. In this...

Pragmatists have traditionally been enemies of representationalism but friends of naturalism, when naturalism is understood to pertain to human subjects, in the sense of Hume and Nietzsche. In this volume Huw Price presents his distinctive version of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781611805918Author Michael StoneFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications Inc

Qigong Grand Circulation is an ancient path toward spiritual enlightenment. Spiritual enlightenment is a uniquely human endeavor; a universal and timeless quest to understand the mysteries of our lives. Perhaps it began when humans looked at the stars...

Ethics for Rational Animals brings to light a novel account of akrasia, practical wisdom, and character virtue through an original and comprehensive study of the moral psychology at the basis of Aristotle's ethics. It argues that practical wisdom is a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781585429004Author Allan LokosFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint TarcherPerigeePublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781725293274Author Ross ThompsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 286Imprint Wipf & Stock PublishersPublisher Wipf & Stock PublishersWeight(grams) 422g

"A beautiful, sensitive book about the most important issues we face in life." -Emily Esfahani Smith, author of The Power of MeaningIn 'But Are You Alive?', entrepreneur and teacher Eloise Skinner explores lessons learned from a decade spent pursuing...

Geoff Nicholson has been walking his whole life. Wherever he is and wherever he goes in the world, he walks and writes about what he sees and feels. Here he reflects on the nature of walking, why we do it, how it benefits us and, in some cases, how it...

Emotion is at the centre of our personal and social lives. To love or to hate, to be frightened or grateful is not just a matter of how we feel on the inside: our emotional responses direct our thoughts and actions, unleash our imaginations, and...

Original papers by leading international authors address the most important problem in the philosophy of language, the question of how to assess the prospects of developing a tenable theory of meaning, given the influential sceptical attacks mounted...

There is one thing we can be sure of: we are all going to die. But once we accept that fact, the questions begin. In this thought-provoking book, philosophy professor Shelly Kagan examines the myriad questions that arise when we confront the meaning of...

'Most of the serious thinking I have done over the past twenty years has been done while running.' Mark Rowlands has run for most of his life. He has also been a professional philosopher. And for him the two - running and philosophising - are...

Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit has a long-standing reputation as one of the key books in the history of Western philosophy, but many are unsure just what it is about. Even the words in the title are disputed: What sense of "phenomenology" is being used?...

The number one bestseller in France and Italy, from Francoise Heritier, The Sweetness of Life is a beautiful and poetic list of the everyday reasons that make life worth livingIf you assume an average life expectancy of 85 years, and deduct the hours we...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781958166055Author Patrick DrechslerFormat PaperbackPage Count 124Imprint Winner Media PublishingPublisher Winner Media PublishingWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781528709750Author Franz HartmannFormat PaperbackPage Count 296Imprint Read BooksPublisher Read BooksWeight(grams) 376gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 17mm

Are we our brains? How can you map the mind? Can brain scans read our minds? Based on Rob Newman's live stand-up show and new BBC Radio 4 series, his thought-provoking new book explores the scientific breakthroughs that have...

The history of western metaphysics from Plato onwards is dominated by the dualism of being and appearance. What something really is (its true being) is believed to be hidden behind the 'mere appearances' through which it manifests. Twentieth-century...

Many of our deepest disagreements turn in part on matters of definition. Philosophers have long discussed the definitions of knowledge, art, truth, and freedom, and social and political questions about personhood, health and disease, marriage and gender...

What are humans? What makes us who we are? Many think that we are just complicated machines, or animals that are different from machines only by being conscious. In Are We Bodies or Souls? Richard Swinburne comes to the defence of the soul and...

The last several decades have witnessed an explosion of research in Platonic philosophy. A central focus of his philosophical effort, Plato's psychology is of interest both in its own right and as fundamental to his metaphysical and moral theories. This...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993045875Author Francois J. BonnetFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Urbanomic Media LtdPublisher Urbanomic Media Ltd

The philosophy of perception investigates the nature of our sensory experiences and their relation to reality. In the second edition of this popular book, William Fish introduces the subject thematically, setting out the major theories of perception...