Download or read book Mindpieces written by Marianne Tong and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011-02 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is book embodies a collection of personal tales that have bedeviled Tong s mind for years. The stories of two strong women who never met each other but who became the ancestors of the author and her husband, are presented at the beginning and the ending of the book. Between the tale of the Chinese Ng Shee, who established her family in San Francisco and the tale of the German Maria Korzelius, who kept only two of her seven children alive during epidemics, we find the stories of other strong women. Into the familiar histories of World War One, World War Two, the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake, and several other current events, Tong has woven many stories that relate delightfully to the reader s own experiences."
Download or read book The Control of the Mind written by Robert H Thouless and published by BEYOND BOOKS HUB. This book was released on 2023-10-19 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The object of Hodder and Stoughton's People's Library is to supply in brief form simply written introductions to the study of History, Literature, Biography and Science in some degree to satisfy that ever-increasing demand for knowledge which is one of the happiest characteristics of our time. The names of the authors of the first volumes of the library are sufficient evidence of the fact that each subject will be dealt with authoritatively, while the authority will not be of the “dry-as-dust” order. Not only is it possible to have learning without tears, but it is also possible to make the acquiring of knowledge a thrilling and entertaining adventure. Hodder And Stoughton's People's Library Will, it is hoped, supply this adventure...FROM THE BOOKS.
Download or read book Young Minds in Social Worlds written by Katherine Nelson and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2010-03-30 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Katherine Nelson re-centers developmental psychology with a revived emphasis on development and change, rather than foundations and continuity. She argues that children be seen not as scientists but as members of a community of minds, striving not only to make sense, but also to share meanings with others. A child is always part of a social world, yet the child's experience is private. So, Nelson argues, we must study children in the context of the relationships, interactive language, and culture of their everyday lives. Nelson draws philosophically from pragmatism and phenomenology, and empirically from a range of developmental research. Skeptical of work that focuses on presumed innate abilities and the close fit of child and adult forms of cognition, her dynamic framework takes into account whole systems developing over time, presenting a coherent account of social, cognitive, and linguistic development in the first five years of life. Nelson argues that a child's entrance into the community of minds is a slow, gradual process with enormous consequences for child development, and the adults that they become. Original, deeply scholarly, and trenchant, Young Minds in Social Worlds will inspire a new generation of developmental psychologists.
Download or read book Double Minds written by Terri Blackstock and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2009 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Struggling to succeed in the Nashville music scene, talented singer/songwriter Parker James finds the competition fierce -- even deadly. A young woman's murder, industry corruption, and a menacing stalker draw Parker into danger and intrigue. Nothing is as it appears, and unraveling the truth challenges everything Parker believes about her talent, her future, and her faith.
Download or read book Blaring thoughts in my mind written by Sadiya Anwar and published by Sankalp Publication. This book was released on with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Blaring thoughts in my mind is a collection of poetry which deals with love, heart break, self love, hardships and events of my life. They are the unsaid, silent murmurs of my life. Thinking and events of the people around me, who never dared to say it out loud. These blaring thoughts in my mind are out loud now, for you to feel it. If these pieces remind you of someone or makes you smile. I have achieved success. Take care of my heart into these pages. With lots of love and appreciation, Sadiya Anwar.
Download or read book Alien Minds written by Christina Bauer and published by Monster House Books. This book was released on 2019-04-23 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The layers of the dimension created pulls you in and lures you further… a thrilling adventure!” – The Book Junkie On my seventeenth birthday, I wake up in the hospital to find I just survived a sketchy-but-terrible accident. My perfect-looking parents say I live an ideal life inside the Boston dome. And although my swoon-worthy guard, Thorne, looks totally familiar, he says we don’t have a history. What a bunch of crap. I don’t remember anything—not even my real name—but I can still tell when someone’s lying. From what I figure out, my dystopian overlords wiped my memory, leaving only my super science skills behind. Now, instead of expecting me to scream for revenge, the government demands that I build new tech that will launch an apocalypse against anyone who isn’t perfect. So I nod. Say yes. And scheme to blow the whole thing up. My memory may be gone, but my sass remains intact. I round up a team of teenage scientists to take down the nasty-ass government without getting ourselves killed. Only trouble is, I must accomplish all this while avoiding my growing attraction to Thorne, who may or may not be an alien. Something tells me that protecting my heart from my hottie guard might be the most dangerous adventure of all … From the author: Please know that of the forty-plus books I've published, Alien Minds holds a special place in my heart. Why? I'm a woman on the autism spectrum, so I absolutely adored writing in the voice of a female engineer and MIT student. Before I became a full-time author, I co-wrote a patent with Dr. Constantine Papageorgiou from MIT's Artificial Intelligence lab, so there's that, too. I hope you enjoy reading Alien Minds as much as I did writing it! Dimension Drift Series 1. Scythe 2. Umbra 3. Alien Minds 4. ECHO Academy
Download or read book The Control of the Mind A Handbook of Applied Psychology for the Ordinary man written by Robert H. Thouless and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2018-01-31 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The Control Of The Mind” is a classic guide to mental training and self control, looking at the psychology of the human brain and how understanding this can help you change the way you think and improve your life. Dealing with everything from habit forming to auto-suggestion, this volume will appeal to anyone with an interest in psychology of self-betterment. Contents include: “Systems of Mental Development and Their Aims”, “Auto-Suggestion—It's Uses and Limitations”, “How Habits may be Formed and Broken”, “The Emotions and how they May be Controlled”, “The Instincts and Their Sublimation”, “Concentration”, “Fatigue and Rest”, “How we Remember”, “Dreaming and Reality”, etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with the original text and artwork.
Download or read book Apes Monkeys Children and the Growth of Mind written by Juan Carlos Gómez and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-07 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What can the study of young monkeys and apes tell us about the minds of young humans? In this fascinating introduction to the study of primate minds, Juan Carlos Gomez identifies evolutionary resemblances--and differences--between human children and other primates. He argues that primate minds are best understood not as fixed collections of specialized cognitive capacities, but more dynamically, as a range of abilities that can surpass their original adaptations. In a lively overview of a distinguished body of cognitive developmental research among nonhuman primates, Gomez looks at knowledge of the physical world, causal reasoning (including the chimpanzee-like errors that human children make), and the contentious subjects of ape language, theory of mind, and imitation. Attempts to teach language to chimpanzees, as well as studies of the quality of some primate vocal communication in the wild, make a powerful case that primates have a natural capacity for relatively sophisticated communication, and considerable power to learn when humans teach them. Gomez concludes that for all cognitive psychology's interest in perception, information-processing, and reasoning, some essential functions of mental life are based on ideas that cannot be explicitly articulated. Nonhuman and human primates alike rely on implicit knowledge. Studying nonhuman primates helps us to understand this perplexing aspect of all primate minds.
Download or read book Power Up Your Creative Mind written by Kathy Frazier and Elaine Reynolds and published by Pieces of Learning. This book was released on with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pieces of Mind written by Carrie Figdor and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-04-24 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Psychological terms are widely used to describe the biological world: plants, insects, bacteria colonies, even single cells are described as making decisions, anticipating rewards, and communicating with language. Carrie Figdor presents a comprehensive critical assessment of the interpretation of psychological terms across biological domains. She argues that we interpret these descriptions as literal claims about the capacities of such beings, and she argues against the anthropocentric attitude which takes human cognition as the standard for full-blooded capacities, to which nonhuman capacities are compared and found wanting. She offers an alternative view of what is required for a naturalistic explanation of the mind, and promotes finding a non-anthropocentric framework for determining distinctions in moral status. This is the first book to give a comprehensive theory of the interpretation of mental language throughout biology and to emphasize the role of mathematical modeling in the spread and revision of concepts.
Download or read book Think Better written by Ulrich L. Lehner and published by Baker Academic. This book was released on 2021-11-16 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a world dominated by half-truths, illogic, and intellectual laziness, Think Better helps readers understand what reason is and how to use it well. Reason is a powerful tool not only for finding our way in an increasingly complex world but also for growing intellectually and emotionally. This short, accessible volume unlocks the dynamics of human reason, helping readers to think critically and to use reason confidently to solve problems. It enables readers to think more clearly and precisely about the world, and it tackles a number of profound philosophical questions without getting bogged down with jargon. Topics include knowledge, identity, leadership, creativity, and empathy. Written in an accessible style that integrates philosophy, illustrations, personal anecdotes, and statistical data, this book is well suited for use in undergraduate, classical school, and home school contexts. It is an invaluable guide for anyone interested in gaining better reasoning skills and a more rational approach to life.
Download or read book Common Places written by Seanna Sumalee Oakley and published by Rodopi. This book was released on 2011 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Preliminary Material -- OUT OF THE ABYSS: COMMONPLACES OF REPETITION AND REDEMPTION -- GLISSANT'S COMMON PLACES -- WALCOTT'S ALLEGORY OF HISTORY -- A BACKWARD FAITH IN WALCOTT'S “THE SCHOONER FLIGHT” -- CLAUDIA RANKINE: JANE EYRE'S BLUES AT THE END OF THE ALPHABET -- DEAR DIARY: AMANIFESTO - WEREWERE LIKING'S ELLE SERA DE JASPE ET DE CORAIL -- RITUALIZING UTOPIA IN ELLE SERA DE JASPE ET DE CORAIL -- MASKS OF AFFLICTION IN FRANKÉTIENNE'S HAITI -- FRANKÉTIENNE'S LOGORRHEA: AN EXCESS OF SEEMING -- “THE HORIZON DEVOURS MY VOICE”: NOTES ON TRANSLATION -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.
Download or read book Rigveda Samhitha Volume Five Mandalas Seven and Eight From manthras 5133 to 5974 written by Raghavendra Narayanarao Tippur and published by T.N.Raghavendra. This book was released on 2022-07-25 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the fifth Volume of the Rigveda samhitha Mandala Seven (Manthras 5133 to 5974) and mandala Eight (manthras 5975 to 7112) . Rigveda can be read at random . Every hymn (manthra ) is power packed with power and pregnant with knowledge . Every manthra of the Rigveda is in praise of the Creator Lord . Oh Fire divine , may you not condemn us to indulgence ; may not these flaming fires, which nature's forces have kindled , harm us . Oh source of strength , let not your displeasure even at our fault , fall upon us . No selfishness and no self indulgence . so says the Manthra . When we are devoid of fire of awareness , we indulge in crime and sinful acts . Conscious awareness , truth and nothing but the truth is our real nature . Not following what someone says and does . Follow your heart and instincts . Mind is your slave . It is also a body organ . Soul / Atma is the king and the master . Slave cannot become the master . If the slave becomes a master , it treats everybody a a slave . Indra is the god of all gods . He is the mind , he is the soul , He is the king , He is the one who causes rain and prosperity . He is the head in different aspects . Maximum number of manthras are ascribed to Indra . Ashwins are the gods of beauty and balance . They are the gods of speed and harmony . They are the divine doctors who cure all diseases . Rudra is the god of truth and justice . He maintains perfect order in the universe from an atom to a planet and a star . Yama or Kaal is the god death , who equalises everything .
Download or read book The Persistence of the Human written by Matthew Escobar and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2016-09-07 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent narrative fiction and film increasingly exploit, explore and thematize the embodied mind, revealing the tenacity of a certain brand of humanism. The presence of narratively based concepts of personal identity even in texts which explore posthuman possibilities is strong proof that our basic understanding of what it means to be human has, despite appearances, remained mostly unchanged. This is so even though our perception of time has been greatly modified by the same technology which both interrupts and allows for the rearrangement of our experience of time at a rate and a level of ease which, until recently, had never been possible. Basing his views on a long line of philosophers and literary theorists such as Paul Ricoeur, Daniel Dennett and Francisco Varela, Escobar maintains in The Persistence of the Human that narrative plays an essential role in the process of constituting and maintaining a sense of self. It is narrative’s effect on the embodied mind which gives it such force. Narrative projects us into possible spaces, shaping a temporary corporeality termed the “meta-body,” a hybrid shared by the lived body and an imagined corporeal sense. The meta-body is a secondary embodiment that we inhabit for however long our narrative immersion lasts – something which, in today’s world, may be a question of milliseconds or hours. The more agreeable the meta-body is, the less happy we are upon being abruptly removed from it, though the return is essential. We want to be able to slip back and forth between this secondary embodiment and that of our lived body; each move entails both forgetting and remembering different subject positions (loss and recuperation being salient themes in the works which highlight this process). The negotiation of the transfer between these states is shaped by culture and technology and this is something which is precisely in flux now as multiple, ephemeral narrative immersion experiences are created by the different screens we come into contact with.
Download or read book Andy Clark and His Critics written by Matteo Colombo and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2019 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Andy Clark is a leading philosopher of cognitive science, whose work has had an extraordinary impact throughout philosophy, psychology, neuroscience, and robotics. His monographs have led the way for new research programs in the philosophy of mind and cognition: Microcognition (1989) and Associative Engines (1993) introduced the philosophical community to connectionist research and the novel issues it raised; Being There (1997) showed the relevance of embodiment, dynamical systems theory, and minimal computation frameworks for the study of the mind; Natural Born Cyborgs (OUP 2003) presented an accessible development of embodied and embedded approaches to understanding human nature and cognition; Supersizing the Mind (OUP 2008) developed this yet further along with the famous "Extended Mind" hypothesis; and Surfing Uncertainty (OUP 2017) presents a framework for uniting perception, action, and the embodied mind. In Andy Clark and His Critics, a range of high-profile researchers in philosophy of mind, philosophy of cognitive science, and empirical cognitive science, critically engage with Clark's work across the themes of: Extended, Embodied, Embedded, Enactive, and Affective Minds; Natural Born Cyborgs; and Perception, Action, and Prediction. Daniel Dennett provides a foreword on the significance of Clark's work, and Clark replies to each section of the book, thus advancing current literature with original contributions that will form the basis for new discussions, debates and directions in the discipline.
Download or read book Charles Bonnet Analytical Essay on the Faculties of the Soul written by Stephen Gaukroger and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2022-01-06 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the course of the eighteenth century, understanding human cognitive life came to be construed as something to be explored in terms of the physiology of the sensory organs, the nerves, and the brain: a form of naturalization that effectively moved cognition out of the realm of philosophy as it had traditionally been understood. Bonnet's Analytical Essay on the Faculties of the Soul was at the forefront of these developments, and this is its first English translation. Drawing on his earlier work in natural history--he was the leading entomologist of his era--he approaches problems of the nature of the mind via the physiology and anatomy of the brain and sensory systems. His approach is one of 'reverse engineering', starting from an organic statue without faculties, and investigating how it would need to be modified to produce a human being. Bonnet takes up a position that cuts across the standard understanding of the period as a clash between materialism and dualism. While his approach was rigorously naturalistic and physiological, this did not lead him to reject the notion of a soul. Instead, he argues that, in order to make sense of their sensory abilities, we need to attribute a soul to animals as well as human beings. At the same time, he argues that if personal immortality is to be possible, it can be conceived along the lines of insect metamorphosis, which shows how different biological forms can harbour a single identity.
Download or read book Advanced Enochian Magick written by Frater W I T and published by Frater W.I.T.. This book was released on 2008-11 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get more from Enochian magick than ever before. Advanced Enochian Magick will take the reader into new territory with all new methods of angelic evocation and other magical ceremonies. Learn how to call up four angels at a time to enhance personal power. Evoke the entire elemental hierarchy using simple, straightforward methods. Find detailed correspondences of the elements, planets, and signs, along with exact instructions on how to use them to call up any kind of magick power.
