Who am "I"?How is happiness achieved? What is the key to
memory?How do babies become adults?Is personality determined?What
function do emotions serve?Are we hardwired to be moral?
The mind is a riddle that has vexed philosophers, psychologists,
biologists, and artists for thousands of years. In this invaluable
volume, John Brockman, editor and publisher of Edge, gathers the
world's most influential scientists and thinkers to present their
deepest thoughts and cutting-edge theories in short, accessible
essays about the essential aspects of human consciousness and the
complex workings of the brain.
Contributors and topics include
Steven Pinker on how the human brain works - Martin Seligman on
happiness and what it means to live a good life - Philip Zimbardo
on the impact of environment on personality - V. S. Ramachandran on
the question of self--who "you" are - Simon Baron-Cohen on the
innate differences between boys and girls - George Lakoff on the
role of the body and brain on different types of reasoning - Alison
Gopnik on why human children are the best learning machines in the
universe - Jonathan Haidt on the connection between emotions,
morality, and religious belief
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