The four realms of existence : a new theory of being human / Joseph E. LeDoux.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

LeDoux, Joseph E., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cognitive neuroscience.

Human beings.

Self.

Biology.

Neurobiology.

Cognition.

Consciousness.

Physical Description:

xi, 348 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2023.

Summary:

"Joseph LeDoux offers a new framework for understanding how biological processes give rise to the sense of being an independent personality in the world. Theorizing the intricate interdependence of the bodily, neural, cognitive, and conscious realms, Ledoux explores the evolution of the human as an "ensemble of being" unique among Earth's animals"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

What Is a Human Being?

"Self" Doubt

The Personality Contest

It's Only Words

A Path Forward

The Secret of Life

Bodies

The Duality of Biological Existence

It Took Nerve

Vertebrates and Their Nervous Systems

Romer's Rendition

Viscerology

The Behavioral Thoroughfare

Internalizing the External World

What Is Cognition?

Mental Models

Model-Based Cognition in Evolution

Foraging in the Mind

The Cognitive Brain

Is Consciousness Mysterious?

Kinds of Consciousness

Making Consciousness Meaningful

Fact-Knowing and Self-Knowing Consciousness

Non-Knowing Consciousness

What Consciousness Might Be Like in Other Animals

Stories We Tell Ourselves, and Others.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9780674261259

0674261259

OCLC:

1369679038