The kingdom of infinite space : a portrait of your head / Raymond Tallis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tallis, Raymond.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy of mind.

Mind and body.

Cognition.

Thought and thinking.

Intellect.

Physical Description:

xx, 324 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, [2008]

Contents:

1 Facing Up to the Head 1

2 The Secreting Head 16

First Explicitly Philosophical Digression: Being My Head 45

3 The Head Comes To 51

4 Airhead: Breathing and Its Variations 65

5 Communicating With Air 90

Second Explicitly Philosophical Digression: Enjoying and Suffering My Head 99

6 Communicating Without Air 102

7 Notes on the Red-Cheeked Animal: The Geology of a Blush 116

8 The Watchtower 129

9 The Sensory Room 156

Third Explicitly Philosophical Digression: Having and Using My Head 180

10 Head Traffic: Eating, Vomiting and Smoking 186

11 Head on Head: Notes on Kissing 202

12 Headgear 211

Fourth Explicitly Philosophical Digression: Caretaking My Head 222

13 In the Wars 226

14 The Dwindles 236

Final Explicitly Philosophical Digression: Knowing (and Not Knowing) My Head 257

15 Head and World 260

16 The Thinking Head 274

Epilogue: Heading Off 288.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-311) and index.

ISBN:

9780300142228

0300142226

OCLC:

216936094