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On being human : why mind matters / Jerome Kagan.

On being human : why mind matters / Jerome Kagan.

On being human : why mind matters / Jerome Kagan.

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On being human : why mind matters / Jerome Kagan.

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Full title

On being human : why mind matters / Jerome Kagan.

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Publisher

New Haven Yale University Press, [2016]

Call Numbers

G 2016/1818

Record Identifier

74VKVPavPRxb

MMS ID

991023993317202626

Language

English

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Physical Description

Physical content

xiv, 301 pages ; 25 cm.

Content type

text

Media type

unmediated

Carrier type

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?

Publication information

Publisher

New Haven Yale University Press, [2016]

Place of Publication

Connecticut

Date Published

[2016]

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Scope and Contents

Summary

"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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Full title

On being human : why mind matters / Jerome Kagan.

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Notes

General note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-283) and index.

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Date Copyright

©2016

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Call Numbers

G 2016/1818

Record Identifier

74VKVPavPRxb

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVPavPRxb

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ISBN

9780300217360 (cloth) :

DDC

153

MMS ID

991023993317202626

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