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Title

The mind : a user's manual / John Taylor.

Author

Taylor, J. G. (John Gerald), 1931-2012.

Publication

Chichester, England ; Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley, 2006.

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Description

xvi, 286 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

This book is written for those who are curious about their own minds, especially those interested in their own consciousness. We all use our minds differently and this book lays a foundation for a truly individual yet comprehensive view based on the detailed understanding that science can now bring to our own individual experiences. It will also help people to get more out of their lives by increasing the richness of their own experiences. Preventing this richness from descending into chaos is a difficult matter, but if the mind is understood it can more easily be kept in order.

Subject

• Brain
• Brain > Popular works
• Cognitieve psychologie
• Cognitive Science
• Cognitive science > Popular works
• Geest
• Thought and thinking > Popular works

Genre/Form

• Popular Work
• Popular works.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction : Why a mind-user's manual -- Pt. 1. Beware the Ides of Mind. What's in your mind? -- Defining your mind -- A guide to mind-user's manuals -- Wrapped in religion -- Drugged to death -- Adrift in the asylum -- Fooled by feelings -- The mind user's manual prerequisites -- Pt. 2. Consciousness Takes Control. Consciousness to the rescue -- Paying attention -- Attention as control -- Speeding up to consciousness -- Thought attention to consciousness -- Relations -- Pt. 3. Implications. Distorted consciousness -- Damaged consciousness -- Distorting consciousness -- Does free will exist? -- Pt. 4. Improving the Mind. Implications for society -- Training attention -- Infants and children -- Inside the minds of animals -- Building a mechanical mind -- A proper mind-user's manual.

ISBN

• 0470022221 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 9780470022221 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2006287382

OCLC

71844776

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library