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Título: The Odyssey of the Mind
Ano: (2024)
Published by: Amazon (US, DE, FR, IT, ES, etc)
Author: Steven S. Gouveia (Uni.Porto)
Partcipants: David Chalmers, Susan Blackmore, Nicholas Humphrey, Sir Roger Penrose, Anil Seth, Karl Friston, Joseph LeDeoux and Christof Koch.
Pages: 350.
Buy: here.
Título: The Odyssey of the Mind
Ano: (2024)
Published by: Amazon (US, DE, FR, IT, ES, etc)
Author: Steven S. Gouveia (Uni.Porto)
Partcipants: David Chalmers, Susan Blackmore, Nicholas Humphrey, Sir Roger Penrose, Anil Seth, Karl Friston, Joseph LeDeoux and Christof Koch.
Pages: 350.
Buy: here.
About the book: Welcome to an extraordinary journey aboard a philosophical caravel guided by the Author through 'seas never before navigated.' This odyssey through the tempestuous seas of the mind includes contributions from eight of the brightest international experts on the brain and consciousness, including Nobel Prize-winning physicist Sir Roger Penrose. Divided into two parts, the book begins with Steven S. Gouveia plotting the fundamental coordinates of philosophy and the science of the mind. The second part comes to life in the Author's dialogues with the eight thinkers, providing a unique experience of intellectual exploration. Prepare to set sail into the unknown, where science and philosophy converge in a captivating journey through the mysteries of the conscious mind.
Preface
"The aim of this book is to take the reader aboard a philosophical caravel,1 accompanied by some of the greatest and most courageous navigators of this 21st century, on a brave expedition through the stormy seas of knowledge about the complex issues of the human mind. This Odyssey of the Mind will take us, inspired by the bravery and courage of the intrepid explorers of the Maritime Discoveries, to brave the unknown waves and tides of consciousness, where each thought is a star that guides us in this night sky surrounded by mysteries perhaps never to be resolved. (...) Perhaps every synapse in our brain can serve as a compass – like the one at the center of this book's cover – that points to unexplored directions and promising lands of greater understanding. In this incessant search – in this great Odyssey of our century – we face a central enigma that permeates the seas of the mind: what gives consciousness its uniqueness? (...)."
"The aim of this book is to take the reader aboard a philosophical caravel,1 accompanied by some of the greatest and most courageous navigators of this 21st century, on a brave expedition through the stormy seas of knowledge about the complex issues of the human mind. This Odyssey of the Mind will take us, inspired by the bravery and courage of the intrepid explorers of the Maritime Discoveries, to brave the unknown waves and tides of consciousness, where each thought is a star that guides us in this night sky surrounded by mysteries perhaps never to be resolved. (...) Perhaps every synapse in our brain can serve as a compass – like the one at the center of this book's cover – that points to unexplored directions and promising lands of greater understanding. In this incessant search – in this great Odyssey of our century – we face a central enigma that permeates the seas of the mind: what gives consciousness its uniqueness? (...)."
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Table of Content
Part I | Consciousness I. Introduction: Consciousness__________________________11 II. The Mysterious Consciousness______________________27 III. The Altered Consciousness _________________________41 IV. The Evolutionary Consciousness____________________57 V. The Quantum Consciousness_______________________ 67 Dialogues I | Consciousness VI. Dialogue with David Chalmers_____________________83 VII. Dialogue with Susan Blackmore___________________99 VIII. Dialogue with Nicholas Humphrey______________121 IX. Dialogue with Sir Roger Penrose_________________145 |
Part II | Brain I. Introduction: Brain_________________________________ 167 II. The Predictive Brain_______________________________ 191 III. The Free Brain_____________________________________203 IV. The Integrated Brain______________________________211 V. The Emotional Brain_______________________________227 Dialogues II | Brain VI. Dialogue with Anil Seth___________________________241 VII. Dialogue with Karl Friston_______________________261 VIII. Dialogue with Christof Koch____________________281 IX. Dialogue with Joseph LeDoux ___________________299 |
About the Author: Steven S. Gouveia holds a degree in Philosophy. At the age of 22, he began a Ph.D. in Philosophy of Mind with a focus on Neuroscience at the University of Minho. By the age of 30, he was appointed Honorary Professor at the Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Andrés Bello, Chile. He was a visiting researcher at the Minds, Brain Imaging, and Neuroethics Unit at the Royal Institute of Mental Health, University of Ottawa, Canada. Currently, he is a Hired Researcher at the Mind, Language, and Action Group, Institute of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts, University of Porto. As an Author and Editor, he has published 14 academic books and has been invited to speak at conferences worldwide. He has appeared on numerous television, radio, and podcast programs. For more information: www.stevensgouveia.weebly.com.
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