The physiologist Benjamin Libet famously demonstrated that activity in the brain's motor regions can be detected some 300 milliseconds before a person feels that he has decided to move. Another lab recently used fMRI data to show that some "conscious" decisions can be predicted up to 10 seconds before they enter awareness (long before the preparatory motor activity detected by ...(展开全部)

The physiologist Benjamin Libet famously demonstrated that activity in the brain's motor regions can be detected some 300 milliseconds before a person feels that he has decided to move. Another lab recently used fMRI data to show that some "conscious" decisions can be predicted up to 10 seconds before they enter awareness (long before the preparatory motor activity detected by ...(展开全部)

Internationally known and one of the most influential philosophers of his day (and for a time almost a cult figure in France, where his lectures drew huge crowds), Henri Bergson (1859-41) led a revolu

Internationally known and one of the most influential philosophers of his day (and for a time almost a cult figure in France, where his lectures drew huge crowds), Henri Bergson (1859-41) led a revolu

Most people assume that, even though some degenerative or criminal behavior may be caused by influences beyond our control, ordinary human actions are not similarly generated, but rather are freely chosen, and we can be praiseworthy or blameworthy for them. A less popular and more radical claim is that factors beyond our control produce all of the actions we perform. It is this...(展开全部)

纪尧姆·米索（Guillaume Musso），生于一九七四年的法国新锐作家。少时即钟情写作，并立志成为小说家。米索九十年代赴纽约游历，靠在街头贩卖冰淇淋贴补旅费。这段波西米亚式的生活深刻影响了其日后的创作。米索二○○一年登上文坛，代表作《后来》（ET APRES…）在法国的销售已逾百万册，其他作品也已被翻译为二十多种文字。米索作品的画面感极强，数部小说将被改编为电影，并由美剧《迷失》班底制作完成。 作者官方网站：www.guillaumemusso.com 译者简介 郭昌京，毕业于北京第二外国语学院法语专业。后供职于北京城市规划院。曾留学法国巴黎和加拿大蒙特利尔。有译著一百余万字。代表译作包括：《大卫夫人》、《好笑的爱》、《贝克特选集》、《救救我！》等。

If you could go back in time what would you do differently? What mistakes would you correct? For Eliott there is no doubt in his mind. To all appearances, his life has been a success. At sixty, he is an esteemed surgeon with a daughter he adores. The only thing missing is Ilena – a beautiful, generous-hearted girl who died thirty years ago. But then he is given an extraordinary...(展开全部)

To all appearances, Eliott’s life has been a success. At 60, he is an esteemed surgeon with a daughter he adores. The only thing missing is Ilena—a beautiful, generous-hearted girl who died 30 years ago. But when he is given an extraordinary opportunity to revisit his past, Eliott suddenly finds himself in 1970s San Francisco searching for the passionate young doctor who has ye...(展开全部)

Library of Liberal Arts title.

A crystal-clear, scientifically rigorous argument for the existence of free will, challenging what many scientists and scientifically minded philosophers believe. Philosophers have argued about the nature and the very existence of free will for centuries. Today, many scientists and scientifically minded commentators are skeptical that it exists, especially when it is understood...(展开全部)