Dreaming Souls: Sleep, Dreams, and the Evolution of the Conscious Mind - Sleep, Dreams, and the Evolution of the Conscious Mind (Paperback)

In Dreaming Souls, Owen Flanagan provides both an accessible survey of the latest research on sleep and dreams and a compelling new theory about the nature and function of dreaming. Flanagan argues that while sleep has a clear biological function and adaptive value, dreams are merely side effects, 'free-riders', irrelevant from an evolutionary point of view. But dreams are hardly unimportant. Indeed, Flanagan argues that dreams are self-expressive, the result of our need to find or create meaning, even when we are sleeping.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Philosophy of Mind
Release date:	June 2001
First published:	May 2001
Authors:	Owen Flanagan
Dimensions:	232 x 152 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	224
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-514235-8
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Philosophy of mind Books > Social sciences > Psychology > States of consciousness > Sleep & dreams Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > Neurosciences Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Philosophy of mind
LSN:	0-19-514235-7
Barcode:	9780195142358

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