The scuba-diving philosopher who wrote Other Minds explores the origins of animal consciousness Dip below the ocean’s surface and you are soon confronted by forms of life that could not seem more foreign to our own: sea sponges, soft corals, and serpulid worms, whose rooted bodies, intricate geometry, and flower-like appendages are more reminiscent of plant life or even archite...(展开全部)

Dip below the ocean’s surface and you are soon confronted by forms of life that could not seem more foreign to our own: sea sponges, soft corals, and serpulid worms, whose rooted bodies, intricate geometry, and flower-like appendages are more reminiscent of plant life or even architecture than anything recognizably animal. Yet these creatures are our cousins. As fellow members ...(展开全部)

This book is a tour-de-force on how human consciousness may have evolved. From the "phantom pain" experienced by people who have lost their limbs to the uncanny faculty of "blindsight," Humphrey argues that raw sensations are central to all conscious states and that consciousness must have evolved, just like all other mental faculties, over time from our ancestors'bodily respon...(展开全部)

This book is a tour-de-force on how human consciousness may have evolved. From the "phantom pain" experienced by people who have lost their limbs to the uncanny faculty of "blindsight," Humphrey argues that raw sensations are central to all conscious states and that consciousness must have evolved, just like all other mental faculties, over time from our ancestors'bodily respon...(展开全部)

[阿根廷] 马里安诺•西格曼博士（Dr.Mariano Sigman） 阿根廷青年物理学家，认知神经科学界领军人物，在阿根廷创建了综合神经科学实验室。TED演讲嘉宾，获奖众多，包括：人类前沿事业发展奖、阿根廷物理学奖、法兰西学院青年研究者奖、IBM可扩散数据分析颁发的智慧星球创新奖。

From a world-renowned leader in neuroscience, a provocative, enthralling journey into the depths of the human mind. Where do our thoughts come from? How do we make choices and trust our judgments? What is the role of the unconscious? Can we manipulate our dreams? In this mind-bending international bestseller, award-winning neuroscientist Mariano Sigman explores the complex answ...(展开全部)

From a world-renowned leader in neuroscience, a provocative, enthralling journey into the depths of the human mind. Where do our thoughts come from? How do we make choices and trust our judgments? What is the role of the unconscious? Can we manipulate our dreams? In this mind-bending international bestseller, award-winning neuroscientist Mariano Sigman explores the complex answ...(展开全部)

[阿根廷] 马里安诺•西格曼博士（Dr.Mariano Sigman） 阿根廷青年物理学家，认知神经科学界领军人物，在阿根廷创建了综合神经科学实验室。TED演讲嘉宾，获奖众多，包括：人类前沿事业发展奖、阿根廷物理学奖、法兰西学院青年研究者奖、IBM可扩散数据分析颁发的智慧星球创新奖。

The Age of Genius explores the eventful intertwining of outward event and inner intellectual life to tell, in all its richness and depth, the story of the 17th century in Europe. It was a time of creativity unparalleled in history before or since, from science to the arts, from philosophy to politics. Acclaimed philosopher and historian A.C. Grayling points to three primary fac...(展开全部)

A. C. 格雷林，英国哲学家、私立大学“新人文学院”院长、英国人文主义协会副会长，皇家艺术学会和皇家文学学会成员。他出版了《怀疑论的反驳》《道德价值的未来》《维特根斯坦与哲学》《什么是好的？》《物的意义》《好书》《上帝的争论》《天才时代》《民主及其危机》《生活、性与思想》等30余部著作，广泛论及哲学、伦理学、美学、历史、戏剧等各个方面。他推崇哲学的现实实践意义，是欧洲非常知名的公共知识分子，经常为《卫报》《观察家》《星期日泰晤士报》《经济学人》等媒体撰稿，并参与BBC（英国广播公司）等媒体的节目。其成立的私立大学“新人文学院”，旨在填补高层次的人文研究的空白，获得了道金斯、尼尔•弗格森等明星学者的加盟支持。格雷林于2015年获得伯特兰•罗素奖，2017年获颁大英帝国司令勋章（CBE）。