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I have not read the book yet but plan to take care of that right away. The "flap chat", the info on the inside of the book's cover,just sounds so thought provoking and such a change from the normal psych buzz it makes it a "must read" for me. Having just experienced the longest, darkest, and drearyist winter in Oregon,I am ready for a book that will make me think,question, and expand my sun-starved mind that I an currently only using to put a hat on! One thing that comes to mind is, Noe says something like...better yet, consciousness is something we achieve. I was thinking,perhaps,it is something we are, something we are one minute to the next, fluid like mercury. I guess we'll see what I believe after I read this...
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Out of Our Heads: Why You Are Not Your Brain, and Other Lessons from the Biology of Consciousness by Alva Noe
Emerging Thinker, April 5, 2009
I have not read the book yet but plan to take care of that right away. The "flap chat", the info on the inside of the book's cover,just sounds so thought provoking and such a change from the normal psych buzz it makes it a "must read" for me. Having just experienced the longest, darkest, and drearyist winter in Oregon,I am ready for a book that will make me think,question, and expand my sun-starved mind that I an currently only using to put a hat on! One thing that comes to mind is, Noe says something like...better yet, consciousness is something we achieve. I was thinking,perhaps,it is something we are, something we are one minute to the next, fluid like mercury. I guess we'll see what I believe after I read this...