Chaos and intoxication : complexity and adaptation in the structure of human nature / Alan Dean.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dean, Alan, Ph. D.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Alcoholism.

Human behavior.

Physical Description:

xvii, 178 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Multidisciplinary discussion of the chaotic nature of human existence, draws on the latest research in neurobiology, genetics, psychology, chaos and complexity theory. Alan Dean examines why people do things which they know will cause them harm.

Contents:

chapter 1 The embodiment of intoxication

chapter 2 Biology and experience

chapter 3 The evolution of the mind

chapter 4 Consciousness and language

chapter 5 Reason, rationality and individual action

chapter 6 Adaptation and uncertainty in human nature

chapter 7 Principles of complexity and chaos

chapter 8 Working with chaos 122 / Modelling chaos

chapter 9 Chaos and intoxication Neurophysiological responses to intoxicants and sensitivity

chapter 10 Is existence fractal?.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-171) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-75792-1

1-134-75793-X

1-280-37402-0

9786610374021

0-203-13726-4

9780203137260

OCLC:

475874140