Mind Games

Martin Cohen 지음

Wiley-Blackwell 2011년 04월 08일 출간

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This original and innovative book is an exploration of one of the key mysteries of the mind, the question of consciousness. Conducted through a one month course of both practical and entertaining -thought experiments-, these stimulating mind-games are used as a vehicle for investigating the complexities of the way the mind works.By turns, fun, eye-opening and intriguing approach to thinking about thinking, which contains inventive and engaging -thought experiments- for the general readerIncludes specially drawn illustrations by the French avant-garde artist, JuditReunites the social science disciplines of psychology, sociology and political theory with the traditional concerns of philosophy

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Acknowledgements.Forward!How To Use This Book.Week 1: Influencing the Reptile Mind.Day 1. Words.Task: Spend all day trying only to think for yourself.Day 2. Identifying the Reptile.Task: Identify, and talk to, the reptile in your head.Day 3. The Fallacy of the Lonely Fact.Task:Try testing someone&-s sense of randomness. Offer them a little bet.Day 4. The Immortals.Task: Write (or at least start) a book.Day 5. My Three Favourite Animals.Task: Complete an innocuouslooking survey about animals..Day 6. The Prison of the Self.Task: Attempt to escape ….Day 7. Trappism.Task: Don&-t talk to anyone.Week 2: Observing the Development of Little Minds.Day 8. Dotty Experiments on Teddies.Task: Get Piaget and Teddy to try to unconserve the numbers.Day 9. (a.m.) The Cow in the Field-that-gets-built-on.Task: Make a board game for children.(p.m.) The Mountains of Egocentricity.Task: Construct a device to measure egocentricity.(evening) Behave Yourself!.Task: Apply behaviourist principles to those around you.Day 10. The Dissonance of the $1 Volunteers.Task: Make the children (or employees, or partners) do some boring repetitive activities.Day 11. Investigating Memory.Task: Memory test: how many of the words can you remember?.Day 12. Jargon for Dummies.Task: Manage someone.Day 13. Be Lucky!.Task: Find out how unlucky you are.Day 14. This Is Not a Self-help Book.Task: Boil down a self-help book.Week 3: Experiments in Practical Philosophy.Day 15. The Upside-down Goggles.Task: Make &~ and wear &~ some special goggles.Day 16. Fire-walking and Cold Baths.Task: Prepare a bed of red-hot coals or wood embers.Day 17. R-pentomino.Task: Make some of your very own

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"A great book and well worth the self-indulgence, one day at a time." (Metapsychology, 27 December 2011)"I would recommend its purchase for the general reader who is already interested in thinking, philosophy and is willing to invest time and thought into getting the most out of the book. For the more academic professional it may seem too light hearted." (Encephalitis Society, 1 April 2011) &"The upshot is that readers of this book who already have a philosophical bent will enjoy engaging with it at a discursive level while the more general reader will gain a deeper sense of the diversity and quirkiness, the subtleties and complexities, of that infinite inner world which is the mind." (Suite101.com, November 2010)"Cohen is an author who specialises in popular books on philosophy, social science and politics and, essentially, this new one is an introduction to thinking about thinking. It blends psychological and social studies with philosophical theory for the first time, eschewing technical jargon and using easily understood scenarios to demonstrate the theme." (www.mysteriousplanet.net, November 2010)"This book is very much in that vein of bringing philosophy to the masses and encouraging people to think." (The Bookbag, November 2010)"Readers of this book who already have a philosophical bent will enjoy engaging with it at a discursive level while the more general reader will gain a deeper sense of the diversity and quirkiness, the subtleties and complexities, of that infinite inner world which is the mind." (www.suite101.com, November 2010)

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저자(글) Martin Cohen

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Martin Cohen is editor of the Philosopher, and one of today-s best known authors specializing in popular books in philosophy, social science and politics. He has taught philosophy and social science at a number of universities in the UK and Australia. His unusual approach to the subject stems from his role in a key project at the University of Leeds in the 1980s to change the way Philosophy was traditionally taught in the UK, towards viewing it as an activity. His most recent books include Wittgenstein-s Beetle and Other Classic Thought Experiments (Blackwell, 2004), No Holiday: 80 Places You Don't Want to Visit (Disinformation Travel Guides) (2006), Philosophical Tales (Blackwell, 2008), and the UK edition of Philosophy for Dummies (2010).