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One of the great "e;unsolved mysteries"e; is how the brain creates the subjective sense of a unifies self. In   Altered Egos Feinberg, a psychiatrist and neurologist, addresses this question by considering how the human brain functions--and malfunctions--in patients with neurological perturbations of the self. He goes on to present a new...

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Dreaming the Great Brahmin explores the creation and recreation of Buddhist saints through narratives, poetry, art, ritual, and even dream visions. The first comprehensive cultural and literary history of the well-known Indian Buddhist poet saint Saraha, known as the Great Brahmin, this book argues that we should view Saraha not as the founder of a...

In this volume, leading researchers illustrate the ways in which an evolutionary perspective can inform our understanding of family relationships. Humans have evolved specialised mechanisms for processing information and motivating behaviour to deal with the demands of being a mate, parent, sibling, child, or grandparent....

The twelve specially written essays in this volume investigate the neglected topic of mental action, and show its importance for the metaphysics, epistemology, and phenomenology of mind. The essays investigate what mental actions are, how we are aware of them, and what is the relationship between mental and physical action....