Waterstones The Self Illusion
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Price: £9.99
Brand: Waterstones
Description: Most of us believe that we possess a self - an internal individual who resides inside our bodies, making decisions, authoring actions and possessing free will. The feeling that a single, unified, enduring self inhabits the body - the 'me' inside me - is compelling and inescapable. This is how we interact as a social animal and judge each other's actions and deeds. But that sovereignty of the self is increasingly under threat from science as our understanding of the brain advances. Rather than a single entity, the self is really a constellation of mechanisms and experiences that create the illusion of the internal you. We only emerge as a product of those around us as part of the different storylines we inhabit from the cot to the grave. It is an ever changing character, created by the brain to provide a coherent interface between the multitude of internal processes and the external world demands that require different selves. Waterstones The Self Illusion - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk
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Merchant: Waterstones
Product ID: 9781780338729
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ISBN: 9781780338729
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Author: Dockers1
Rating: 5
Review: This is an excellent book and one that was a joy to read. Having a fascination with conscioussness and the idea of 'self', I have read almost everything by Antonio Damasio, Joseph Ledoux and VS Ramachandran et al. Damasio in particular, although clearly a genius, does not make the lightest of reading and it can take many months to wade through his books, sometimes being reduced to reading only a couple of pages at a time. This is much more easy going but crucially, it does not sacrifice scientific explanation for an easy ride. I think Damasio could learn a lot from Hood when it comes to writing style. It is also very pleasing to see a scientist draw philosiphical conclusions from neuroscientific evidence. Although Ramachrandan sticks his neck out somewhat in 'the tell-tale brain', Hood is quite happy to draw the most fundamental philosophical conclusions which is enlightening in itself as it least it reassures you that you are drawing proper inferences from the evidence (at leat that is if you come to the same conclusions). If you plan to read this is a light introduction to the subject or if it is intended as a resume of the current scientific standpoint, it is an excellent resource.
Author: Susie
Rating: 2
Review: I expected much more from this book. Found it boring. There are better ones out there.
