Deacon, Terrence William.
Summary: Examines the emergent processes that bridge the gap between organisms that think and have consciousness and those that do not and discusses the origins of life, information, and free will.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Co. 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 612.82 DEASinger, Michael A.
Summary: "The book you need right now is finally here! From beloved spiritual teacher Michael A. Singer-author of the #1 New York Times bestseller, The Untethered Soul-this transformative and highly anticipated guide will be your compass on an exciting new journey toward self-realization and unconditional happiness. Now more than ever, we're all looking to feel more joy, happiness, and deeper meaning in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Harbinger Publications, Inc. / Sounds True 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Collins, Mick.
Summary: The Unselfish Spirit is an essential twenty-first-century guide to unlocking the secrets of how we as a race can collectively grow our consciousness to solve the complex web of challenges that threaten life on Earth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Permanent Publications 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 150 COLDamasio, Antonio R.
Summary: A new theory of consciousness and the construction of identity focuses on the body's reaction to its world, postulating that a complex relationship between body, emotion, and mind is required to configure the self.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt Brace 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 153 DAMDennett, D. C. (Daniel Clement)
Summary: Combining ideas from philosophy, artificial intelligence, and neurobiology, Daniel Dennett leads the reader on a fascinating journey of inquiry, exploring such intriguing possibilities as: Can any of us really know what is going on in someone else's mind? What distinguishes the human mind from the minds of animals, especially those capable of complex behavior? If such animals, for instance,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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Summary: "A concise, elegant, and thought-provoking exploration of the mystery of consciousness and the functioning of the brain. Despite decades of research, remarkable imagery, and insights from a range of scientific and medical disciplines, the human brain remains largely unexplored. Consciousness-the awareness of our own and others' existence-has eluded explanation. Nineteen Ways of Looking at...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press, an imprint of St. Martin's Publishing Group 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 153 HOURobinson, Daniel N.
Summary: Twelve lectures presenting different perspectives on consciousness.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2007
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 153 ROBSummary: A compilation of excerpts of Wilson's lectures and interviews. Wilson addresses themes pertaining to human consciousness and perception and touches upon a variety of topics, including conspiracies, the occult, and medical marijuana.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Disinformation Co. 2006
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC ROBBurnett, Dean.
Summary: "A delightful tour of our mysterious, mischievous gray matter from neuroscientist and massively popular Guardian blogger Dean Burnett,"--NoveList.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 610 BURGrim, Patrick.
Contents: Part 1, Lecture 1. The dream, the brain, and the machine -- Lecture 2. The mind-body problem -- Lecture 3. Brains and minds, parts and wholes -- Lecture 4. The inner theater -- Lecture 5. Living in the material world -- Lecture 6. A functional approach to the mind -- Lecture 7. What is it about robots -- Lecture 8. Body image -- Lecture 9. Self-identity and other minds -- Lecture 10....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2008
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Summary: Ellen J. Langer, Harvard professor of psychology, determines that the mindless following of routine and other automatic behaviors lead to much error, pain and a predetermined course of life. In this thought-provoking book, her research has been "translated" for the lay reader. With anecdotes and metaphors, Langer explains how the mindless -- as opposed to the mindful -- develop mindsets of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Perseus Books 1989
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Summary: "Being you is an unprecedented tour of consciousness thats to new experimental evidence, much of white comes from Seth's own lab. His radical argument is that we do not perceive the world as it objectively is, but rather that we are prediction machines, constantly inventing our world and correcting our mistakes by the microsecond, and that we can now observe the biological mechanisms in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random house LLC 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 153 SETEaves, Will
Summary: Turing, father of artificial intelligence and pioneer of radical new techniques to break the Nazi Enigma cipher during World War II, was later persecuted by the British state for "gross indecency with another male" and forced to undergo chemical castration. Set during the devastating period before Turing's suicide, Murmur evokes an extraordinary life, the beauty and sorrows of love, and the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bellevue Literary Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC EAVBlackmore, Susan J.
Summary: Consciousness', 'the last great mystery for science', remains a hot topic. How can a physical brain create our experience of the world? What creates our identity? Do we really have free will? Could consciousness itself be an illusion? 00Exciting new developments in brain science are continuing the debates on these issues, and the field has now expanded to include biologists, neuroscientists,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 153 BLANunez, Paul L.
Summary: This book explains in layperson's terms a new approach to studying consciousness based on a partnership between neuroscientists and complexity scientists. The author, a physicist turned neuroscientist, outlines essential features of this partnership. The new science goes well beyond traditional cognitive science and simple neural networks, which are often the focus in artificial intelligence...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Prometheus Books 2016
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Summary: "Why do minds exist? How did mud and stone develop into beings that can experience longing, regret, love, and compassion-beings that are aware of their own experience? Until recently, science offered few answers to these existential questions. Journey of the Mind is the first book to offer a unified account of the mind that explains how consciousness, language, the Self, and civilization...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 128 OGASacks, Oliver
Summary: Oliver Sacks, a scientist and a storyteller, is beloved by readers for the extraordinary neurological case histories (Awakenings, An Anthropologist on Mars) in which he introduced and explored many now familiar disorders--autism, Tourette's syndrome, face blindness, savant syndrome. He was also a memoirist who wrote with honesty and humor about the remarkable and strange encounters and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 612.82 SACChristi, Nicolya.
Summary: "A practical guide to conscious evolution for personal, spiritual, and global transformation Provides spiritual practices to manifest a meaningful connection between Self and God/Source/Creator and psychological exercises to heal the shadow self Offers an in-depth overview of religion and spirituality, both the old paradigm and the evolving new one Includes the first fully written account of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 204 CHRDennett, D. C. (Daniel Clement)
Summary: A leading philosopher offers a major new account of the origins of the conscious mind that explores the deep interactions of evolution, brains, and human culture, demonstrating the role of culture in installing memes, including language, in the mind.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2017
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Summary: Presents advice on ways to free oneself from habitual thoughts, emotions, and energy patterns that limit one's consciousness.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Harbinger Publications 2007
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Acclaimed filmmaker Errol Morris weaves fascinating interviews with wild animal trainer Dave Hoover, topiary gardener George Mendon=ca, robot designer Rodney Brooks, and an expert on the naked mole rat, Ray Mendez, together with old movies, cartoons and stock footage. Morris's inspired juxtapositions show how each specialist studies nature in his own way. Their discussions range from the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Video 1998
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC FASGodfrey-Smith, Peter
Summary: "Dip below the ocean's surface and you are soon confronted by forms of life that could not seem more foreign to our own: sea sponges, soft corals, and serpulid worms, whose rooted bodies, intricate geometry, and flower-like appendages are more reminiscent of plant life or even architecture than anything recognizably animal. Yet these creatures are our cousins. As fellow members of the animal...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 590 GODHofstadter, Douglas R.
Summary: Argues that the key to understanding ourselves and consciousness is the "strange loop," a special kind of abstract feedback loop that inhabits the brain.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2008
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Summary: Presents an introduction to mindfulness to understand and use the practice of mindfulness to ease psychological and physical issues, repair and improve relationships with others, and find meaning in life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2021