Download or read book Mindvaults written by Radu J. Bogdan and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An argument that the uniquely human capacities of pretending and imagining develop in response to sociocultural and sociopolitical pressures in childhood. The human mind has the capacity to vault over the realm of current perception, motivation, emotion, and action, to leap--consciously and deliberately--to past or future, possible or impossible, abstract or concrete scenarios and situations. In this book, Radu Bogdan examines the roots of this uniquely human ability, which he terms "mindvaulting." He focuses particularly on the capacities of pretending and imagining, which he identifies as the first forms of mindvaulting to develop in childhood. Pretending and imagining, Bogdan argues, are crucial steps on the ontogenetic staircase to the intellect. Bogdan finds that pretending and then imagining develop from a variety of sources for reasons that are specific and unique to human childhood. He argues that these capacities arise as responses to sociocultural and sociopolitical pressures that emerge at different stages of childhood. Bogdan argues that some of the properties of mindvaulting--including domain versatility and nonmodularity--resist standard evolutionary explanations. To resolve this puzzle, Bogdan reorients the evolutionary analysis toward human ontogeny, construed as a genuine space of evolution with specific pressures and adaptive responses. Bogdan finds that pretending is an ontogenetic response to sociocultural challenges in early childhood, a pre-adaptation for imagining; after age four, the adaptive response to cooperative and competitive sociopolitical pressures is a competence for mental strategizing that morphs into imagining.

Download or read book Chapters in the Mind of a Schizophrenic written by YM Mehanni and published by Austin Macauley Publishers. This book was released on 2023-01-06 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essence of my book I lost my mind And got it back with time My mind is a complex thing Only I know what it is like within Concealed in my skull It’s anything but dull I tried to keep it sane But it has its own brain I lost control and got it back But it’s that trust I lack Not knowing what comes next I converted my thoughts to text To try and understand Before I’m buried in the sand I kind of know how you tick But to society I am sick Labelled as mentally ill But I have a strong will To conquer my brain And learn how to maintain A level of sanity Enough to have clarity And function within the norm Without causing a storm I lost you twice As I rolled the dice Gambling with my mind Because I didn’t know what kind Of illness I was dealing with Now I know schizophrenia it is I try to make my peace With a mind that is never at ease Now I wrote this book And that much suffering it took To describe my mind But I think now it is perfectly timed To share this book With all the pain and sweat it took I hope to spark a conversation That puts us on track to that far destination Where acceptance is key And we can all live free By YM Mehanni

Download or read book UX02 Mind Games written by Reid San Filippo and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-07-19 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DCC Rules for Psionics powers and those that use them Within this tome you will find... The Psion - A PC class that harnesses the power of the mind to crush their enemies. A full write up of how Psionics work in Dungeon Crawl Classics, including psionic dueling rules! A comprehensive list of Psionic powers for all levels of play. Over 50 powers in total. New Psionic items, including the powerful and proud psychic Living Crystal Weapons. New Psychic monsters for your players to encounter and be slain by. A Psi-beast Critical Hit chart to inflict upon those hapless PCs A bundle of pure brain pain to add to your campaign. Compatible with nearly any genre or flavor of DCC you play!

Download or read book Who Is Sherlock written by Lynnette Porter and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2016-06-21 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nearly 130 years after the introduction of Sherlock Holmes to readers, the Great Detective's identity is being questioned, deconstructed, and reconstructed more than ever. Readers and audiences, not to mention scholars and critics, continue to analyze who Sherlock Holmes is or has become and why and how his identity has been formed in a specific way. The films Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, and Mr. Holmes and television series Sherlock and Elementary have introduced wildly divergent, yet fascinating portrayals that reveal as much about current social mores and popular culture as about the detective. More than ever, fans also are taking an active role in creating their own identities for Holmes through fan fiction and art, for example. "Who is Sherlock Holmes?" is still a viable question. The answers provided by illustrators, scriptwriters, directors, costume designers, set designers, actors, scholars, and fans provide insights into both Victorian and the modern-day Sherlock. Like the many disguises the Great Detective has donned throughout canon and adaptations, his perceived identities may be surprising or shocking, but they continue to make us look ever more closely to discover the real Sherlock Holmes.

Download or read book Singing in My Mind written by Mike Scheidemann and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Essays With the introductory essay to Doddridge s Rise and Progress of Religion in the Soul written by John Foster and published by . This book was released on 1873 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Essays by a Series of Letters written by John Foster and published by . This book was released on 1869 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Decision of Character written by John Foster and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book As it is planetary written by Leah Babcock and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Behind a Mask written by Theo Douglas and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Essays on a Man s Writing Memoirs of Himself written by John Foster and published by . This book was released on 1873 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Essays in a Series of Letters on the Following Subjects written by John Foster and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Western American Literature written by and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Politics of Corruption written by Shashi B. Sahai and published by Gyan Books. This book was released on 1995 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From electoral corruption to criminalisation of politics, from the gimmicks of Garibi Hatao and employment generation to youth alienation and breakdown of institutions, nothing escapes the authors brutally frank dissection of Indias distorted political dispensation.

Download or read book Bombay written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Perspective on Ratzel s Political Geography written by James M. Hunter and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book They Came Here First written by D'Arcy McNickle and published by HarperCollins Publishers. This book was released on 1975 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Story of the Native Americans 25,000 year existence.