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Emotion - The Science of Sentiment
- A Very Short Introduction
- De: Dylan Evans
- Narrado por: Donald Corren
- Duración: 3 h y 51 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 33
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 22
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 22
Was love invented by European poets in the Middle Ages, or is it part of human nature? Will winning the lottery really make you happy? Is it possible to build robots that have feelings? These are just some of the intriguing questions explored in this guide to the latest thinking about the emotions. Drawing on a wide range of scientific research, from anthropology and psychology to neuroscience and artificial intelligence, Emotion takes the listener on a fascinating journey into the human heart.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Brilliant!! Please, what about VSI philosophers?
- De Danilo en 02-13-11
- Emotion - The Science of Sentiment
- A Very Short Introduction
- De: Dylan Evans
- Narrado por: Donald Corren
Brilliant!! Please, what about VSI philosophers?
Revisado: 02-13-11
Evans has done a good job with this sharp introduction to Emotion, although he mentions in the book, many philosophers, like Kant, Aristotle, Hume, Rousseau, Marx, philosophers that I really would like to listen in this VSI collection to understand the book better.
Eschewing the thorny little devil of definition till last, Evan's first chapter introduces us to several categories of emotion. He describes how the most basic emotions (fear, joy, disgust) are common to most higher-animals through the shared limbic system, an age-old group of brain structures, whilst other emotions we're more complicit in creating, either by incessantly thinking over them (cognitive feedback) or through social expectations of our behaviour
The second chapter deals with the bad press emotion sometimes picks up as an occlusion to rational, and so presumably saner, thought. Evans tries to show how emotions have been an important evolutionary tool for the past 100million years; fear and joy each being quite functional adaptations teaching us what to avoid and what makes sense to cherish.
The following two chapters deal with our ability to induce emotions and how our emotional potential affects us every day in positive ways we are often unaware of. Finally, in chapter five, Evans begins to ask the question, `what is emotion?' His answer is that there is no stock of emotions as such, but rather emotional events, combining behavioural, neurobiological and evolutionary aspects. And although this may seem unsatisfying to some, it does leave the door open nicely for the evolving areas of AI and Robotics. Computers with genetic algorithms evolving their own programmes and environmental interactions may well develop forms of emotive consciousness different from our own yet no less `real'.
Evans has enthusiasm and a sense of humour, he's not too stompy in the boggy bits and leaves enough trails for the intrepid to explore. That's what you look for from an intro writer! GreaT!
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Socrates
- A Very Short Introduction
- De: Christopher Taylor
- Narrado por: Dave Calabrese
- Duración: 3 h y 31 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 31
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 23
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 24
In this book, Christopher Taylor explores the relationship between the historical Socrates and the engaging and infuriating figure who appears in Plato's dialogues, and examines the enduring image of Socrates as the ideal exemplar of the philosophic life - a thinker whose moral and intellectual integrity permeated every detail of his life, even in the face of betrayal and execution by his fellow Athenians.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fantastic Introduction
- De marisawedd en 06-06-11
- Socrates
- A Very Short Introduction
- De: Christopher Taylor
- Narrado por: Dave Calabrese
This book is Great! We need more VSI Philophers!!
Revisado: 02-03-11
This book is great!!
We need more audio books from this collection about philosophers!
I am really looking forward to listen to Habermas, Kant, Marx, Descartes, Hume, Gandhi, Kierkegaard, Rousseau , Wittgenstein, Thomas Aquinas, Foucault and others Philosophers, although I have it all in paperback, it will be so nice to listen too!
Thank you for providing such a great collection for all we listeners!
Cheers!
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Marx in Soho
- A Play on History
- De: Howard Zinn
- Narrado por: Brian Jones
- Duración: 1 h y 24 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 28
“Don’t you wonder: why is it necessary to declare me dead again and again?” This is the question posed by Karl Marx in Howard Zinn’s witty and insightful “play on history.” The premise of this one-man performance is that history’s most famous, and oft-misrepresented, radical is resurrected after agitating with the authorities of the afterlife to clear his name. Through a bureaucratic error, however, Marx lands in modern-day Soho, New York, rather than his old stomping grounds in London, to make his case.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful Play
- De Danilo en 08-24-10
- Marx in Soho
- A Play on History
- De: Howard Zinn
- Narrado por: Brian Jones
Wonderful Play
Revisado: 08-24-10
I saw this play in Dublin with my girlfriend, and she was really moved by the humanity of the character. She was touched by how the character was always referring to the women that surrounded him - his wife, daughter. I am delighted to find this recording here at audible, so I can remember once more the emotion to feel Karl Marx in front of me, sitting there, talking about the contemporary world. Of course, as an audio, we are missing the facial and body expression of this actor, and we know how this is important to keep a monologue interesting. My girlfriend, different to me, never read any of Marx's books, and after the play started to read not only Marx, but communist literature, like Howard Zinn, Saramago, and others. This play is fantastic, because I could witness Marx alive.
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