Cognitive Philosophy

One of our greatest philosophers and scientists of the mind examines where the self comes from – and how our selves can exist in the minds of others. “I Am a Strange Loop is a work of rigorous thinking, but it’s also an extraordinary tribute to the memory of romantic love: The Year of...

The stuff of conspiracy theories makes for great, entertaining stories in movies, books, and television. And there is no shortage of subjects: from who really killed JFK to the truth behind 9/11. And then, there are subjects from alien invasions to the Moon landing was simulated - theories that are truly out of this world, which according to some, is flat. Many of these crazy concepts have jumped off the pages or screens to become so pervasive in our culture that thousands - even millions - subscribe to them as reality.

What if consciousness does not begin in the brain alone, but in the body’s living contact with the world? Modern science often describes the mind in terms of neurons, computation, information, and representation. But before the mind becomes a theory, before perception becomes data, before the body becomes an object of study, we are already moving through a world of color, touch, distance, gesture, pain, memory, and meaning. In Merleau-Ponty and the Embodied Mind: Perception, Flesh, and the Living World, Clayton Louis Turnage explores one of the most important philosophical challenges to ...

The Ontological Limit of Reductionism Structure and Limits of Reductive Explanation in Contemporary Philosophy of Mind T-Reality Series — Vol. 1 Ontological Domain Philosophy of Mind and Neurophilosophy The Ontological Limit of Reductionism is the first volume of the T-Reality Series, an interdisciplinary investigation into consciousness at the intersection of philosophy of mind, neuroscience, and cognitive science. Scientific reductionism has been one of the most successful explanatory frameworks in modern science. By analyzing systems in terms of their physical components and underlying...

A National Bestseller! "Read this book to connect with your highest self.” —Susan Cain, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Bittersweet and Quiet “We need more awe in our lives, and Dacher Keltner has written the definitive book on where to find it.” —Adam Grant, #1 New York Times...

What if kids, children, adolescents, teenagers or young people are able to control their anxiety, emotions, depression, worry, anger, panic, trauma, suicidal and negative thoughts effectively - this is where cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) takes effect. Think about the sanity and environmental benefits this will bring to our society. Are you not thrilled? It's not every kid, child, adolescent, teenager or young person who can effectively control their own emotions and behavior. But those who can, are able to take responsibility for their actions, have a good feeling and a tremendous ...

This program features a new introduction read by Daniel Goleman and a bonus dialogue between the author and Jon Kabat-Zinn. It is the tenth anniversary since the first publication of Daniel Goleman's groundbreaking bestseller, Emotional Intelligence which maps the territory where IQ meets EQ...

How can we apply the teachings of the greatest ancient philosopher to modern life? Socrates is the quintessential Athenian philosopher, the source of the entire Western philosophical tradition, and Godfather to the Stoics. He spent his life teaching practical philosophy to ordinary people in the...

A new edition of a classic work that originated the "embodied cognition" movement and was one of the first to link science and Buddhist practices.

A deeply original exploration of the power of spontaneity—an ancient Chinese ideal that cognitive scientists are only now beginning to understand—and why it is so essential to our well-being Why is it always hard to fall asleep the night before an important meeting? Or be charming and...

In his bestselling book Shop Class as Soulcraft, Matthew B. Crawford explored the ethical and practical importance of manual competence, as expressed through mastery of our physical environment. In his brilliant follow-up, The World Beyond Your Head, Crawford investigates the challenge of...

Objectivity Explained: Observation, Bias, Scientific Method, Truth, and the Challenge of Understanding Reality examines a basic but difficult question: how do we judge what is real when observation is partial, language is imprecise, and bias affects everyone? This book gives a grounded introduction to objectivity for readers who want more than slogans about “following the facts.” It explains why reasonable people can reach different conclusions from the same evidence, why even careful observation is shaped by framing and measurement, and why objectivity is better understood as a ...

Escucha ahora Nada es tan terrible, el nuevo libro de Rafael Santandreu. Un manual de autoterapia basado en la psicología cognitiva, la escuela terapéutica más eficaz y científica. El audiolibro de Nada es tan terrible contiene las herramientas de los mejores psicólogos del mundo para: dejar de preocuparse, disfrutar más intensamente de la vida, y más.

This book takes a novel view of mathematics, arguing that it is a branch of human language. Looking through this lens, it traces the evolution of math from the first tally sticks, through the invention of number systems, up to modern computer science. Along the way it shows that, like all language, the real key to math is human intuition. This book has something for everybody: math-phobes hoping to come to terms with an intimidating subject, mathematicians looking for insight into their trade, educators trying to make math accessible, and laymen who want to understand the role of numbers in...

Cognitive Maps and Regimes of Mental Functioning Predictive Systems, Cognitive Integration, and the Organization of Experience T-Reality Series – Volume 10 Neuro-Cognitive Domain This volume examines how cognitive systems construct stability, continuity, and coherence through predictive regulation, distributed integration, and dynamic self-organization. Combining philosophy of mind, cognitive neuroscience, predictive processing, embodied cognition, and neurophilosophy, the book develops a systematic analysis of cognitive regimes: operational configurations through which the brain ...

“Both wise and clever, full of fun and surprise about a topic so central to our lives that we almost never even think about it.” —Bill McKibben, author of Earth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet In the tradition of The Wisdom of Crowds and Predictably Irrational comes Being Wrong, an...

From a leading philosopher of the mind comes this lucid, provocative argument that offers a radically new picture of human consciousness--panpsychism Understanding how brains produce consciousness is one of the great scientific challenges of our age. Some philosophers argue that consciousness is...

Philosopher Peter Godfrey-Smith dons a wet suit and journeys into the depths of consciousness in Other Minds Although mammals and birds are widely regarded as the smartest creatures on earth, it has lately become clear that a very distant branch of the tree of life has also sprouted higher...

The Construction of the World – Perception as a Cognitive Interface develops a systematic analysis of perception as a process of reality construction. Volume 3 of the T-Reality Series — Ontological Domain The volume examines the main contemporary theoretical models that describe perception not as passive registration of the world, but as inferential, predictive, and simulative activity. The main topics include: • critique of naïve realism, • philosophy of perception, • the brain as a generative system, • predictive processing, • the problem of access to reality, • cognitive...

“You don’t rise to the level of your goals. You rise to the level of your mind.” Your thoughts shape everything. They frame your perceptions. They decide your reactions. They influence your emotions, your behavior, your confidence, your relationships, your decisions, and the entire direction of your life. Most people never learn how their mind works. Relic of Stoic Reason is the manual they never received. This book breaks down 100 of the most powerful psychological mental models—organized into five core realms of the mind—so you can finally understand why you think, react, and ...