Philosophy of Mind

This book is a clear and concise history of the soul in western philosophy, from Plato to cutting-edge contemporary work in philosophy of mind. P...

A survey of astonishing breadth and penetration. No cognitive neuroscientist should ever conduct an experiment in the domain of the emotions withou...

Theoretical Perspective on Smell is the first collection of scholarly articles to be devoted exclusively to philosophical research on olfaction. Th...

Conscious Action Theory provides a logical unification between the spirit and the material, by identifying reality as an event that processes perso...

Ontological materialism, in its various forms, has become the orthodox view in contemporary philosophy of mind. This book provides a variety of def...

Sensation of Movement explores the role of sensation in motor control, bodily self-recognition and sense of agency. The sensation of movement is de...

Creativity matters. We want people to be more creative and admire those who are. Yet creativity is deeply puzzling. Just what is it to be creative?...

What is the origin of our universe? What are dark matter and dark energy? What is our role in the universe as human beings capable of knowledge? Wh...

Wrongdoing and the Moral Emotions provides an account of how we might effectively address wrongdoing given challenges to the legitimacy of anger an...

The empirical study of consciousness is in constant progress. New ideas and approaches arise, methods are being debated and refined, and experiment...

Bringing together neuroscientists, social scientists, and humanities scholars in cross-disciplinary exploration of the topic of cultural memory, th...

This book presents new research on the crucial role that imagination plays in contemporary philosophy of fiction.The first part of the book challen...

A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2021 'Punchy, funny and invigorating ... Pinker is the high priest of rationalism' Sunday Times 'If you've ever considere...

This book concerns the nature and the norms of inquiry. It tackles not only philosophical issues regarding what inquiry is, but also issues regardi...

This book develops a novel account of the connections between justification, understanding, and knowledge. It lays the foundation for a more system...

The Origins of Consciousness challenges the dominant view that consciousness is an emergent property of the complex human brain.Based on his pionee...

This collection of 19 chapters, all appearing in print here for the first time and written by an international team of established and emerging sch...

This Handbook introduces neurosemiotics, a pluralistic framework to reconsider semiosis as an emergent phenomenon at the interface of biology and c...

In this original and thought-provoking book philosopher Michael Hampe sets out to help us understand happiness. The right and proper path to a ha...

This volume presents new research on Cartesian psychophysiology that combines historical and textual analysis with a consideration of recent advanc...

Memories, sensory experiences, expectations, and intentions, as well as thoughts, fears, and hopes: all share a fundamental trait, the fact that ou...

This book presents new insights into the nature of the human mind as a product of the brain. It does so by discussing how biological and technologi...

This volume explores how understanding relates to conscious experience. In doing so, it builds bridges between different philosophical disciplines ...

Memories, sensory experiences, expectations, and intentions, as well as thoughts, fears, and hopes: all share a fundamental trait, the fact that ou...

This book advances a new theory of what it means to be an autonomous individual with free will and an authentic self. It synthesizes the new “actio...

'A wit and wisdom that harkens back to an age of enlightenment' – RON PERLMAN, ACTOR'A meditation guide from a man with a mind most unlikely to be ...