Paul Thagard

Balance

How It Works and What It Means

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Paul Thagard explores the physiological workings and metaphorical resonance of balance in the brain, the body, and society. Bridging philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience, Balance shows how an unheralded conceptâ s many meanings illuminate the human condition.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Columbia University Press
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Juli 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 143mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 600g
• ISBN-13: 9780231205580
• ISBN-10: 0231205589
• Artikelnr.: 63046971

Autorenporträt

Paul Thagard

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
1. Balancing Bodies and Lives
2. Balance and the Brain
3. Vertigo, Nausea, and Falls
4. Consciousness
5. How Metaphors Work
6. Nature
7. Medicine
8. Society
9. The Arts
10. Philosophy
Appendix: Balance and Imbalance Metaphors
Notes
Bibliography
Index