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The Missing Link in Cognition: Origins of Self-Reflective Consciousness
Herbert S., Ed. Terrace
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Are humans unique in having self-reflective consciousness? Or can precursors to this central form of human consciousness be found in non-human species? The Missing Link in Cognition brings together a diverse group of researchers who have been investigating this question from a variety of perspectives, including the extent to which non-human primates, and, indeed, young children, have consciousness, a sense of self, thought process, metacognitions, and representations. Some of the participants--Kitcher, Higgins, Nelson, and Tulving--argue that these types of cognitive abilities are uniquely human, whereas others--Call, Hampton, Kinsbourne, Menzel, Metcalfe, Schwartz, Smith, and Terrace--are convinced that at least the precursors to self-reflective consciousness exist in non-human primates. Their debate focuses primarily on the underpinnings of consciousness. Some of the participants believe that consciousness depends on representational thought and on the mental manipulation of such representations. Is representational thought enough to ensure consciousness, or does one need more? If one needs more, exactly what is needed? Is reflection upon the representations, that is, metacognition, the link? Does a realization of the contingencies, that is, "knowing that," in Gilbert Ryle's terminology, ensure that a person or an animal is conscious? Is true episodic memory needed for consciousness, and if so, do any animals have it? Is it possible to have episodic memory or, indeed, any self-reflective processing, without language? Other participants believe that consciousness is inextricably intertwined with a sense of self or self-awareness. From where does this sense of self or self-awareness arise? Some of the participants believe that it develops only through the use of language and the narrative form. If it does develop in this way, what about claims of a sense of self or self-awareness in non-human animals? Others believe that the autobiographical record implied by episodic memory is fundamental. To what extent must non-human animals have the linguistic, metacognitive, and/or representational abilities to develop a sense of self or self-awareness? These and other related concerns are crucial in this volume's lively debate over the nature of the missing cognitive link, and whether gorillas, chimps, or other species might be more like humans than many have supposed.
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It has never been more important for Americans to understand why the world both hates and loves the United States. In What They Think of Us, a remarkable group of writers from the Middle East, Europe, Asia, and Latin America describes the world's profoundly ambivalent attitudes toward the United States--before and since 9/11.
While many people around the world continue to see the United States as a model despite the Iraq war and the war on terror, the U.S. response to 9/11 has undoubtedly intensified global anti-Americanism. What They Think of Us reveals that substantial goodwill toward America still exists, but that this sympathy is in peril--and that there is an immense gap between how Americans view their country and how it is viewed abroad.
Drawing on broad research and personal experience while avoiding anecdotalism and polemics, the writers gathered here combine political, cultural, and historical analysis to explain how people in different parts of the world see the United States. They show that not all anti-Americanism can be blamed on U.S. foreign policy. America is disliked not just for what it does but also for what it is, and perceptions of both are profoundly shaped--and sometimes warped--by the domestic realities of the countries where anti-Americanism thrives. In addition to analyzing America's battered global reputation, these writers propose ways the United States and other countries can build better relations through greater understanding and respect.
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In this book Almaas brings together concepts and experiences drawn from contemporary object relations theory, Freudian-based ego psychology, case studies from his own spiritual practice, and teaching from the highest levels of Buddhist and other Eastern practices. He challenges us to look not only at the personality and the content of the mind, but also at the underlying nature of the mind itself.
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Outdated presentation...........2007-08-19
This book requires a fair degree of familiarity with formal psychology.
Also the book (like the other "diamond mind" books) seems to be laced with bathos.
People with a zen/buddhist background might want to start with part two ("the void and transformation").
Or better yet, go directly to the better written and more recent "Inner Journey Home".
For the seeker who is ready to get on with it........2005-09-14
You've read Freud, Jung, perhaps Teillard de Chardin, Aurobindo, J.G. Bennett, Idries Shah, and so on. The poetry of Rumi and Hafiz calls you to the 'beloved' 'like a broken man walking behind a farting camel'. You have done group and individual psychotherapy, yoga, zen and so on. You have attended workshops, prayed, found a 'right livelihood'. Travel is a genuine adventure. Something propels you to examine the mysteries of the perennial philosophy, it is just something you must do. Your appetite is voracious; you yearn for that 'missing piece'. The great novel that is your life is page turner you just cannot put down.
Almaas is one of the great teachers of the age, and this little book is a good place to meet him.
Getting Specific.......2004-11-21
So far I've read three of the Diamond Approach books: "Essence," "The Diamond Approach," and "Diamond Heart, Book One." For someone working alone, "The Void" is the most helpful because it is the most specific about techniques.
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Since it was first published in Hebrew in 2000, this provocative book has been garnering acclaim and stirring controversy for its bold reinterpretation of the relationship between Judaism and Christianity in the Middle Ages, especially in medieval Europe. Looking at a remarkably wide array of source material, Israel Jacob Yuval argues that the inter-religious polemic between Judaism and Christianity served as a substantial component in the mutual formation of each of the two religions. He investigates ancient Jewish Passover rituals; Jewish martyrs in the Rhineland who in 1096 killed their own children; Christian perceptions of those ritual killings; and events of the year 1240, when Jews in northern France and Germany expected the Messiah to arrive. Looking below the surface of these key moments, Yuval finds that, among other things, the impact of Christianity on Talmudic and medieval Judaism was much stronger than previously assumed and that a "rejection of Christianity" became a focal point of early Jewish identity. Two Nations in Your Womb will reshape our understanding of Jewish and Christian life in late antiquity and over the centuries.
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A Handbook Of Spatial Research Paradigms And Methodologies: Clinical and Comparative Approaches (Handbook of Spatial Research Paradigms & Methodologies)
Nigel Foreman
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Spatial cognition is a broad field of inquiry, emerging from a wide range of disciplines, and incorporating a wide variety of paradigms that have been employed with human and animal subjects. The contributing authors in both volumes of this Handbook are highly respected international authorities in their fields, with many years of experience, who describe and review the major paradigms used in their research area.
In Volume 2, authors consider the related issues of neurophysiological aspects of spatial cognition, the assessment of cognitive spatial deficits arising from neural damage in humans and animals, and the observation of spatial behaviors in animals in their natural habitats.
Both this volume and the previously released Volume 1, should be of interest to new and old students alike; the student new to spatial research can be brought up-to-speed with a particular range of techniques, made aware of the background and pitfalls of particular approaches, and directed toward useful sources. Forseasoned researchers they provide a rapid scan of the currently available tools that they might consider as alternatives when wishing to answer a particular "spatial" research problem.
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For those who teach students in psychology, education, and the social sciences, the Handbook of Demonstrations and Activities in the Teaching of Psychology, Second Edition provides practical applications and rich sources of ideas. Revised to include a wealth of new material (56% of the articles are new), these invaluable reference books contain the collective experience of teachers who have successfully dealt with students' difficulty in mastering important concepts about human behavior. Each volume features a table that lists the articles and identifies the primary and secondary courses in which readers can use each demonstration. Additionally, the subject index facilitates retrieval of articles according to topical headings, and the appendix notes the source as it originally appeared in Teaching of Psychology--especially useful for users needing to cite information. The official journal of the Society for the Teaching of Psychology, Division Two of the American Psychological Association, Teaching of Psychology is a highly respected publication devoted to improving teaching and learning at all educational levels.
Volume II consists of 99 articles about teaching physiology, perception, learning, memory, and developmental psychology. Divided into eight sections (four devoted to developmental psychology and one for each of the other specialties), the book suggests ways to stimulate interest, promote participation, collect data, structure field experience, and observe and interact with patients.
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Muslim Perceptions of Other Religions: A Historical Survey
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Since its inception, Islam and its civilization have been in continuous relationships with other religions, cultures, and civilizations, including not only different forms of Christianity and Judaism inside and outside the Middle East, Zoroastrianism and Manicheism, Hinduism and even Buddhism, but also tribal religions in West and East Africa, in South Russia and in Central Asia, including Tibet. The essays collected here examine the many texts that have come down to us about these cultures and their religions, from Muslim theologians and jurists, travelers and historians, and men of letters and of culture.
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Time: Histories and Ethnologies (The Comparative Studies in Society and History Book Series)
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Time is the subject of several rather different conversations. Some of them, such as that of the cosmologists and theoretical physicists, are nearly impenetrable to nonspecialists; others have an easy popular appeal. In this volume, editors Diane Owen Hughes and Thomas R. Trautmann collect nine essays on the related but distinct conversation about time that takes place at the intersection of history and ethnology.
From the standpoint of Enlightenment reason, time should be a universal and uniform category of understanding. Yet in fact, this category is understood in different cultures in extremely diverse ways. The historians and anthropologists who contribute to this volume address this problem not in the abstract and the general but in contexts that are determinate and highly particular. Individual essays address the sense of time in a wide range of historical and present cultures, from the Yucatan to the Iparakuyo Maasai. Their discussion of whether nonuniform time is to be understood as socially constructed or as determined by relations of production, as the mystification of privilege or as cultural design, differs from philosophical discussions of time in that the real-world standard to which it submits itself is always culturally plural.
Diane Owen Hughes is Associate Professor of History, University of Michigan. Thomas R. Trautmann is Professor of Anthropology and Professor of History, University of Michigan.
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Sacred Worlds: An Introduction to Geography an Religion
Chris Park
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Sacred Worlds explores the ways in which religion, its symbols, rites, beliefs and hopes, has shaped the world in which we live.
Chris Park explores the definitions of religion, its historical and ideological origins and its development. Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam and their numerous offshoots are all described.
The wide range of material drawn from these different belief systems is set within the context of religious, demographic, political and economic change. The nature of sacred space as place of pilgrimage and as cultural landscape is also analysed.
This book enriches our understanding of the ways in which religion has mapped our world.
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Whole in One: The Near-Death Experience and the Ethic of Interconnectedness
David Lorimer
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Hit the road with Lonely Planet's Road Trip: California Highway 1. Explore the twists and turns of this dramatic drive along California's spectacular coast, with all its towering cliffs, secluded beaches, redwood forests, picturesque seaside towns, surfing meccas and big cities along the way.
* All the Sights - highlights like Mendocino, Big Sur and Hearst Castle, plus loads of lesser-known attractions
* Where to Stay - from romantic B&Bs to forested campgrounds, options for every budget
* Coastal Dining - feast on local specialties like steamed clams, artichoke soup and apricot pie
* Wildlife Watching - where to see whales, elephant seals and monarch butterflies
* Family Fun - hayrides, otter feedings, roller coasters, antique trains and more
* Detours - visit a quirky Dutch village, a lovely island and the first Zen monastery in the US
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Very Helpful.......2007-07-09
Just used the book for a road trip up the PCH. I found the book very useful, with great info, recommendations and maps. The book is also the perfect size. It can fit in a pocket, so you can carry it with you without declaring to the world that you are a tourist.
Lonely Planet Road Trip California Highway 1 (Road Trip Guides).......2007-01-12
I went on the trip with the book and it gives you minimum information. In most of places I had to visted information centers. Better than nothing.
Review #2 Lonely Planet Road Trip Hwy 1.......2006-11-10
Very informative, but needs more sprcific information on "Places to Stay" and "History."
Fantastic Guide.......2006-10-24
This book will fit in a purse or backpack. Just took a road trip up the PCH and this book was extremely useful..We used several recommendations for restaurants and sights to see.. I highly recommend this book..The maps are awesome..
Very usefull.......2006-08-01
This book was extremely useful!!! We had this book and this book only to guide us up the PCH and it was very informative. I highly recommend it.
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