The Bloomsbury book of the mind
Subtitle: key writings on the mind from Plato and the Buddha through Shakespeare, Descartes and Freud to the latest discoveries of neuroscience
By: edited by Stephen Wilson.
Contributors: Wilson, Stephen 1944-
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Published: 2003
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 394
Subjects: Thought and thinking.; Philosophy of mind.; Perception.
Description: "The Bloomsbury Book of the Mind brings together key writings on the mind from all over the world from the earliest recorded accounts to the most up-to-date research, in an assembly of case notes, journals, poetry, fiction and letters as well as more formal writings. Together they represent humanity's most significant attempts to understand the mind and its workings." "Stephen Wilson, a practising psychotherapist, provides introductions to each of the six sections (Perception, Memory, Emotion, Thought, Consciousness, Self) and a linking commentary that sets each extract in the context of its time and in relation to the other pieces around it. His interests range from the big philosophical questions (what is consciousness? is there such a thing as the 'unconscious'?) to the quirkier mysteries of the human mind (the effects of hypnotism, the experience of a phantom limb, or an imaginative cure for sexual impotence)."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliography: p371-379. - and index.