The escape of the mind /

This title argues that, in developing techniques of self-control and social cooperation, it is useful to question the almost universally accepted belief that our minds exist inside our bodies. We should look for our minds neither in our introspections nor in our brains, but in our long-term behaviou...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Rachlin, Howard, 1935- (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Subjects:	Mind and body. Self-control. Philosophy of mind. Cognitive psychology. Maîtrise de soi. Philosophie de l'esprit. Psychologie cognitive. PSYCHOLOGY > Reference. Cognitive psychology Mind and body Philosophy of mind Self-control Electronic books. dissertations. Academic theses Academic theses. Thèses et écrits académiques.
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Table of Contents:

Acknowledgements
Preface
The invention of the mind (Plato)
Mind and body (Aristotle)
The separation of mind and body (Saint Augustine)
The imprisonment of the mind (Descartes)
The law of specific nerve energies (Müller)
The re-emergence of the mind : extended cognition
The evolution of altruism and self-control
Teleological analysis of altruism and self-control
Consciousness and behavior
How to make IBM's computer watson human
Commentaries:
From contemporary philosophy of mind (McDowell)
From radical behaviorism (Schlinger)
Author's reply
Shaping the coherent self : a moral achievement.