Author: Glynn, Ian
Title: An Anatomy of Thought: The Origin and Machinery of the Mind
Description: Oxford, Oxford University Press, (1999). orig. boards. 24x16cm, viii, 456 pp. Textual illustrations.. Minor rubbing. VG. ¶ Contents: Clearing the Ground; What this book is about; The failure of the common-sense view; Evolution by natural selection; 'The Descent of Man'; The origin of life; Nerves and Nervous Systems; Introduction; The nature of nerves; The nerve Impulse; Encoding the message; Interactions between nerve cells; 'The doors of perception'; A Cook's Tour of the brain; Looking at Seeing; Introduction; Illusions; Disordered seeing with normal eyes; Opening the black box; Natural computers and artificial brains; Talking about Talking; Introduction; In the steps of the 'diagram-makers'; Chomsky and after; Monkey puzzles; Thinking about Thinking; Introduction; Memory; The emotions; Planning and attention; The Philosophy of Mind - or Minding the Philosophers; Introduction; The 'mind-body problem' - a variety of approaches; The 'mind-body problem' - conciousness and qualia; Free will and morality; Epilogue.

Keywords: Neuropsychology, Philosopy of Mind, Brain, Cognition, Cognitivism, Neurological, Psychological, Philosophical, Mind-body Problem