The Book of Minds: Understanding Ourselves and Other Beings, From Animals to Aliens

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Philip Ball

The Book of Minds

Understanding Ourselves and Other Beings, From Animals to Aliens

Philip Ball

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Picador
29 November 2022

Philosophy of mind; Psychological theory & schools of thought; Popular science

Understanding the human mind and how it relates to the world of experience has challenged scientists and philosophers for centuries. How do we even begin to think about 'minds' that are not human? That is the question explored in this ground-breaking book. Award-winning science writer Philip Ball argues that in order to understand our own minds and imagine those of others, we need to move on from considering the human mind as a standard against which all others should be measured.

Science has begun to have something to say about the properties of mind; the more we learn about the minds of other creatures, from octopuses to chimpanzees, to imagine the potential minds of computers and alien intelligences, the more we can begin to see our own, and the more we can understand the diversity of the human mind, in the widest of contexts. By understanding how minds differ, we can also best understand our own.

By: Philip Ball
Imprint: Picador
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 153mm, Spine: 41mm
Weight: 752g
ISBN: 9781529069143
ISBN 10: 1529069149
Pages: 512
Publication Date: 29 November 2022
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Author Website: https://www.philipball.co.uk/

Philip Ball is a freelance writer and broadcaster, and was an editor at Nature for more than twenty years. He writes regularly in the scientific and popular media and has written many books on the interactions of the sciences, the arts, and wider culture. His book Critical Mass won the 2005 Aventis Prize for Science Books. Ball is also a presenter of Science Stories, the BBC Radio 4 series on the history of science. He trained as a chemist at the University of Oxford and as a physicist at the University of Bristol. He is the author of The Modern Myths. He lives in London.