On being human : why mind matters / Jerome Kagan.
On being human : why mind matters / Jerome Kagan.
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New Haven Yale University Press, [2016]
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G 2016/1818
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English
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xiv, 301 pages ; 25 cm.
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text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Schemata and words -- What does it mean to know? -- Settings matter -- Status gradients -- Hyping genes -- Can brain explain mind? -- The family's contribution -- On spruce trees and cats -- What is education for? -- Expectations -- The force of feedings -- Does a moral person behave morally?
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New Haven Yale University Press, [2016]
Place of Publication
Connecticut
Date Published
[2016]
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"Kagan ponders a series of important nodes of debate while challenging us to examine what we know and why we know it. Most critically he presents an elegant argument for functions of mind that cannot be replaced with sentences about brains while acknowledging that mind emerges from brain activity. He relies on the evidence to argue that thoughts an...
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On being human : why mind matters / Jerome Kagan.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-283) and index.
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©2016
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G 2016/1818
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74VKVPavPRxb
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVPavPRxb
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9780300217360 (cloth) :
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153
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991023993317202626