Hidden minds
Subtitle: a history of the unconscious
By: Frank Tallis
Published: 2012
Language: eng
Number of pages: 194
ISBN-13: 9781611455052
Subjects: Subconsciousness; History
Other titles: History of the unconscious
Description: "In this brilliant synthesis, Frank Tallis argues that the unconscious -- along with quantum physics and the gene -- is one of the three big ideas of twentieth-century science. Closely associated with the psychoanalysis of Sigmund Freud, it seemed to have fallen from scientific favor midway through the last century, but now it has staged a major comeback. New research in neuroscience, psychology, artificial intelligence, and evolutionaty theory has shown not only that the unconscious exists but that no account of the human mind can be complete without an understanding of this essential part of us"--Page 4 of cover.
Notes: "First published in 2002 by Profile Books Ltd in Great Britain"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-190) and index.
Table of contents: title: Depths below depths; title: Mystery and imagination; title: The philosophy teacher; title: The icon; title: Darkness rising; title: A new vocabulary; title: The unconscious brain; title: Darwin in the dark; title: The uses of darkness; title: The third blow.