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3 The Personality Contest
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Preface ix
- Introduction: Who Are You? 1
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PART I OUR REALMS OF EXISTENCE
- 1 What Is a Human Being? 9
- 2 “Self ” Doubt 14
- 3 The Personality Contest 23
- 4 It’s Only Words 33
- 5 A Path Forward 41
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PART II THE BIOLOGICAL REALM
- 6 The Secret of Life 51
- 7 Bodies 61
- 8 The Duality of Biological Existence 73
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PART III THE NEUROBIOLOGICAL REALM
- 9 It Took Nerve 81
- 10 Vertebrates and Their Nervous Systems 92
- 11 Romer’s Rendition 105
- 12 Viscerology 110
- 13 The Behavioral Thoroughfare 120
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PART IV THE COGNITIVE REALM
- 14 Internalizing the External World 137
- 15 What Is Cognition? 146
- 16 Mental Models 159
- 17 Model-Based Cognition in Evolution 166
- 18 Foraging in the Mind 174
- 19 The Cognitive Brain 183
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PART V THE CONSCIOUS REALM
- 20 Is Consciousness Mysterious? 207
- 21 Kinds of Consciousness 219
- 22 Making Consciousness Meaningful 230
- 23 Fact-Knowing and Self-Knowing Consciousness 244
- 24 Non-Knowing Consciousness 254
- 25 What Consciousness Might Be Like in Other Animals 268
- 26 The Stories We Tell Ourselves, and Others 282
- Selected Sources and Further Reading 307
- Index 329
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Preface ix
- Introduction: Who Are You? 1
-
PART I OUR REALMS OF EXISTENCE
- 1 What Is a Human Being? 9
- 2 “Self ” Doubt 14
- 3 The Personality Contest 23
- 4 It’s Only Words 33
- 5 A Path Forward 41
-
PART II THE BIOLOGICAL REALM
- 6 The Secret of Life 51
- 7 Bodies 61
- 8 The Duality of Biological Existence 73
-
PART III THE NEUROBIOLOGICAL REALM
- 9 It Took Nerve 81
- 10 Vertebrates and Their Nervous Systems 92
- 11 Romer’s Rendition 105
- 12 Viscerology 110
- 13 The Behavioral Thoroughfare 120
-
PART IV THE COGNITIVE REALM
- 14 Internalizing the External World 137
- 15 What Is Cognition? 146
- 16 Mental Models 159
- 17 Model-Based Cognition in Evolution 166
- 18 Foraging in the Mind 174
- 19 The Cognitive Brain 183
-
PART V THE CONSCIOUS REALM
- 20 Is Consciousness Mysterious? 207
- 21 Kinds of Consciousness 219
- 22 Making Consciousness Meaningful 230
- 23 Fact-Knowing and Self-Knowing Consciousness 244
- 24 Non-Knowing Consciousness 254
- 25 What Consciousness Might Be Like in Other Animals 268
- 26 The Stories We Tell Ourselves, and Others 282
- Selected Sources and Further Reading 307
- Index 329