Description: Further DetailsTitle: Waking, Dreaming, BeingCondition: NewEAN: 9780231136952ISBN: 9780231136952Publisher: Columbia University PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 08/08/2017Item Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmAuthor: Evan ThompsonContributor: Stephen Batchelor (Foreword by)Language: EnglishSubtitle: Self and Consciousness in Neuroscience, Meditation, and PhilosophyISBN-10: 0231136951Description: A renowned philosopher of the mind, also known for his groundbreaking work on Buddhism and cognitive science, Evan Thompson combines the latest neuroscience research on sleep, dreaming, and meditation with Indian and Western philosophy of mind, casting new light on the self and its relation to the brain. Thompson shows how the self is a changing process, not a static thing. When we are awake we identify with our body, but if we let our mind wander or daydream, we project a mentally imagined self into the remembered past or anticipated future. As we fall asleep, the impression of being a bounded self distinct from the world dissolves, but the self reappears in the dream state. If we have a lucid dream, we no longer identify only with the self within the dream. Our sense of self now includes our dreaming self, the "I" as dreamer. Finally, as we meditate-either in the waking state or in a lucid dream-we can observe whatever images or thoughts arise and how we tend to identify with them as "me." We can also experience sheer awareness itself, distinct from the changing contents that make up our image of the self.Contemplative traditions say that we can learn to let go of the self, so that when we die we can witness its dissolution with equanimity. Thompson weaves together neuroscience, philosophy, and personal narrative to depict these transformations, adding uncommon depth to life's profound questions. Contemplative experience comes to illuminate scientific findings, and scientific evidence enriches the vast knowledge acquired by contemplatives.Country/Region of Manufacture: USGenre: Philosophy & SpiritualityTopic: Science Nature & Math, Society & CultureRelease Year: 2017 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Waking, Dreaming, Being
Title: Waking, Dreaming, Being
EAN: 9780231136952
ISBN: 9780231136952
Release Date: 08/08/2017
Release Year: 2017
Contributor: Stephen Batchelor (Foreword by)
Subtitle: Self and Consciousness in Neuroscience, Meditation, and Philosoph
ISBN-10: 0231136951
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: Philosophy & Spirituality
Topic: Society & Culture
Number of Pages: 496 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Waking, Dreaming, Being : Self and Consciousness in Neuroscience, Meditation, and Philosophy
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication Year: 2017
Subject: Mind & Body, Life Sciences / Neuroscience, Buddhism / General (See Also Philosophy / Buddhist), Buddhist, General
Item Height: 0.1 in
Item Weight: 27.3 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: Evan Thompson
Item Length: 0.9 in
Subject Area: Religion, Philosophy, Science, Psychology
Item Width: 0.6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
