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"How does the brain--a three-pound wrinkly mass--give rise to intelligence and conscious experience? Was Freud right that we are all plagued by forbidden sexual desires? What is the function of emotions such as disgust, gratitude, and shame? Renowned psychologist Paul Bloom answers these questi...

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Main Author: Bloom, Paul, 1963- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2023]
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Table of Contents:
  • Foundations. "Brain makes thought"
  • Consciousness
  • Freud and the unconscious
  • The Skinnerian revolution
  • Thinking. Piaget's project
  • The ape that speaks
  • The world in your head
  • The rational animal
  • Appetites. Hearts and minds
  • Relations. A brief note on a crisis
  • Social butterflies
  • Is everyone a little bit racist?
  • Differences. Uniquely you
  • Suffering minds
  • The good life.