The Ego Tunnel: The Science of the Mind and the Myth of the Self

Thomas Metzinger

ISBN 10: 0465020690 / ISBN 13: 9780465020690

Editore: Basic Books, 2010

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2010. Illustrated. Paperback. A radical rethinking of the nature of consciousness Num Pages: 272 pages, 10 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 308. The Science of the Mind and the Myth of the Self. 272 pages, 10 b/w illustrations. We're used to thinking of the self's relation to the world as a dyad-the inner me as opposed to the outer world. This model assumes that what we're perceiving when we experience the world is actually the world. This title proposes a simple yet radical rethinking of the nature of consciousness and a controversial exploration of what it implies. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HPK. Dimension: 209 x 141 x 20. Weight: 300. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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• Titolo: The Ego Tunnel: The Science of the Mind and the Myth of the Self
• Editore: Basic Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0465020690
• ISBN 13: 9780465020690
• Rilegatura: Brossura
• Condizione: New

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Riassunto

Examine the inner workings of the mind and learn what consciousness and a sense of self really means - and if it even exists.

Informazioni sugli autori

Thomas Metzinger directs the Theoretical Philosophy Group at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany, and is an Adjunct Fellow at the Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Study. He is the former president of the German Cognitive Science Society and one of the founders of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness. He has written and edited several books, among them Being No One; Conscious Experience; and Neural Correlates of Consciousness. He lives in Germany.

Thomas Metzinger directs the Theoretical Philosophy Group at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany, and is an Adjunct Fellow at the Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Study. He is the former president of the German Cognitive Science Society and one of the founders of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness. He has written and edited eight books, among them Being No One; Conscious Experience; and Neural Correlates of Consciousness. He lives in Germany.