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Author : Alvin Plantinga
Release : 1990
Genre : God
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 353/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis God and Other Minds by : Alvin Plantinga
Download or read book God and Other Minds written by Alvin Plantinga. This book was released on 1990. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Alvin Plantinga
Release : 1990
Genre : God
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : /5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis God and Other Minds by : Alvin Plantinga
Download or read book God and Other Minds written by Alvin Plantinga. This book was released on 1990. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Alvin Plantinga
Release : 1981
Genre : God
Kind : eBook
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Book Synopsis God and Other Minds by : Alvin Plantinga
Download or read book God and Other Minds written by Alvin Plantinga. This book was released on 1981. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Daniel M. Wegner
Release : 2017-03-21
Genre : Psychology
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 020/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Mind Club by : Daniel M. Wegner
Download or read book The Mind Club written by Daniel M. Wegner. This book was released on 2017-03-21. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Compelling, and so beautifully written…’The Mind Club’ deftly brings the most up-to-date research about other minds to readers of all backgrounds. It may cause you to think differently about crime and punishment, about business transactions and health care, and even about the upcoming elections. Things might just start looking up.”–The Wall Street Journal From dogs to gods, the science of understanding mysterious minds—including your own. Nothing seems more real than the minds of other people. When you consider what your boss is thinking or whether your spouse is happy, you are admitting them into the "mind club." It’s easy to assume other humans can think and feel, but what about a cow, a computer, a corporation? What kinds of mind do they have? Daniel M. Wegner and Kurt Gray are award-winning psychologists who have discovered that minds—while incredibly important—are a matter of perception. Their research opens a trove of new findings, with insights into human behavior that are fascinating, frightening and funny. The Mind Club explains why we love some animals and eat others, why people debate the existence of God so intensely, how good people can be so cruel, and why robots make such poor lovers. By investigating the mind perception of extraordinary targets—animals, machines, comatose people, god—Wegner and Gray explain what it means to have a mind, and why it matters so much. Fusing cutting-edge research and personal anecdotes, The Mind Club explores the moral dimensions of mind perception with wit and compassion, revealing the surprisingly simple basis for what compels us to love and hate, to harm and to protect.
Author : Todd Tremlin
Release : 2006-03-02
Genre : Religion
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Book Rating : 46X/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Minds and Gods by : Todd Tremlin
Download or read book Minds and Gods written by Todd Tremlin. This book was released on 2006-03-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Around the world and throughout history, in cultures as diverse as ancient Mesopotamia and modern America, human beings have been compelled by belief in gods and developed complex religions around them. But why? What makes belief in supernatural beings so widespread? And why are the gods of so many different people so similar in nature? This provocative book explains the origins and persistence of religious ideas by looking through the lens of science at the common structures and functions of human thought. The first general introduction to the "cognitive science of religion," Minds and Gods presents the major themes, theories, and thinkers involved in this revolutionary new approach to human religiosity. Arguing that we cannot understand what we think until we first understand how we think, the book sets out to study the evolutionary forces that modeled the modern human mind and continue to shape our ideas and actions today. Todd Tremlin details many of the adapted features of the brain -- illustrating their operation with examples of everyday human behavior -- and shows how mental endowments inherited from our ancestral past lead many people to naturally entertain religious ideas. In short, belief in gods and the social formation of religion have their genesis in biology, in powerful cognitive processes that all humans share. In the course of illuminating the nature of religion, this book also sheds light on human nature: why we think we do the things we do and how the reasons for these things are so often hidden from view. This discussion ranges broadly across recent scientific findings in areas such as paleoanthropology, primate studies, evolutionary psychology, early brain development, and cultural transmission. While these subjects are complex, the story is told here in a conversational style that is engaging, jargon free, and accessible to all readers. With Minds and Gods , Tremlin offers a roadmap to a fascinating and growing field of study, one that is sure to generate interest and debate and provide readers with a better understanding of themselves and their beliefs.
