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Perception

    The best books on Time and the Mind, recommended by Marc Wittmann

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    The best books on Time and the Mind - The Tides of Mind: Uncovering the Spectrum of Consciousness by David Gelernter

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    The Tides of Mind: Uncovering the Spectrum of Consciousness
    by David Gelernter

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    The best books on Time and the Mind - How Do You Feel? An Interoceptive Moment with Your Neurobiological Self by Bud Craig

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    How Do You Feel? An Interoceptive Moment with Your Neurobiological Self
    by Bud Craig

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    The best books on Time and the Mind - Why Life Speeds Up as You Get Older: How Memory Shapes Our Past by Douwe Draaisma

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    Why Life Speeds Up as You Get Older: How Memory Shapes Our Past
    by Douwe Draaisma

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    The best books on Time and the Mind - The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann

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    The Magic Mountain
    by Thomas Mann

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    The best books on Time and the Mind - Soul Dust: The Magic of Consciousness by Nicholas Humphrey

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    Soul Dust: The Magic of Consciousness
    by Nicholas Humphrey

  • The best books on Time and the Mind - The Tides of Mind: Uncovering the Spectrum of Consciousness by David Gelernter
  • The best books on Time and the Mind - How Do You Feel? An Interoceptive Moment with Your Neurobiological Self by Bud Craig
  • The best books on Time and the Mind - Why Life Speeds Up as You Get Older: How Memory Shapes Our Past by Douwe Draaisma
  • The best books on Time and the Mind - The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann
  • The best books on Time and the Mind - Soul Dust: The Magic of Consciousness by Nicholas Humphrey

The best books on Time and the Mind, recommended by Marc Wittmann

“Time is an illusion,” wrote Douglas Adams. “Lunchtime, doubly so.” It is certainly a subjective experience, agrees the psychologist and author Marc Wittmann—as any drug user or meditation expert can tell you. Here he picks five books that unpick our perception of the passage of time.

The best books on Time and the Mind, recommended by Marc Wittmann

    The best books on Taste, recommended by Barry C. Smith

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    The best books on Taste - The Physiology of Taste by Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

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    The Physiology of Taste
    by Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

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    The best books on Taste - The Taste of Wine by Émile Peynaud

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    The Taste of Wine
    by Émile Peynaud

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    The best books on Taste - Approach to Aesthetics by Frank Sibley

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    Approach to Aesthetics
    by Frank Sibley

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    The best books on Taste - The Perfect Meal: The Multisensory Science of Food and Dining by Betina Piqueras-Fiszman & Charles Spence

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    The Perfect Meal: The Multisensory Science of Food and Dining
    by Betina Piqueras-Fiszman & Charles Spence

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    The best books on Taste - The Fat Duck Cookbook by Heston Blumenthal

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    The Fat Duck Cookbook
    by Heston Blumenthal

  • The best books on Taste - The Physiology of Taste by Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
  • The best books on Taste - The Taste of Wine by Émile Peynaud
  • The best books on Taste - Approach to Aesthetics by Frank Sibley
  • The best books on Taste - The Perfect Meal: The Multisensory Science of Food and Dining by Betina Piqueras-Fiszman & Charles Spence
  • The best books on Taste - The Fat Duck Cookbook by Heston Blumenthal

The best books on Taste, recommended by Barry C. Smith

What creates flavour? Our sensory environment, our knowledge, or the existing qualities of what we eat? The philosopher explores the best five books on taste.

The best books on Taste, recommended by Barry C. Smith

    The best books on David Hume, recommended by Simon Blackburn

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    The best books on David Hume - The Life of David Hume by Ernest Mossner

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    The Life of David Hume
    by Ernest Mossner

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    The best books on David Hume - An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding by David Hume

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    An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
    by David Hume

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    The best books on David Hume - Dialogues and Natural History of Religion by David Hume

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    Dialogues and Natural History of Religion
    by David Hume

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    The best books on David Hume - The Philosophy of David Hume by Norman Kemp-Smith

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    The Philosophy of David Hume
    by Norman Kemp-Smith

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    The best books on David Hume - Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant

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    Critique of Pure Reason
    by Immanuel Kant

  • The best books on David Hume - The Life of David Hume by Ernest Mossner
  • The best books on David Hume - An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding by David Hume
  • The best books on David Hume - Dialogues and Natural History of Religion by David Hume
  • The best books on David Hume - The Philosophy of David Hume by Norman Kemp-Smith
  • The best books on David Hume - Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant

The best books on David Hume, recommended by Simon Blackburn

Hume had a message he wanted to get out — particularly as regards skepticism about religion — but he was no proto-Richard Dawkins, says Cambridge philosopher, Simon Blackburn. He chooses the best books on (or by) David Hume.

The best books on David Hume, recommended by Simon Blackburn

    Consciousness for Beginners: the best book, articles and one movie, recommended by David Carmel

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    Consciousness for Beginners: the best book - Introducing Consciousness: A Graphic Guide by David Papineau & Howard Selina

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    Introducing Consciousness: A Graphic Guide
    by David Papineau & Howard Selina

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    Consciousness for Beginners: the best book - Detecting Awareness in the Vegetative State by Adam Owen et al

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    Detecting Awareness in the Vegetative State
    by Adam Owen et al

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    Consciousness for Beginners: the best book - Selective Attention Test by Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons

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    Selective Attention Test
    by Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons

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    Consciousness for Beginners: the best book - Failure to Detect Mismatches Between Intention and Outcome in a Simple Decision Task by Petter Johansson et al

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    Failure to Detect Mismatches Between Intention and Outcome in a Simple Decision Task
    by Petter Johansson et al

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    Consciousness for Beginners: the best book - Synecdoche, New York by Charlie Kaufman

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    Synecdoche, New York
    by Charlie Kaufman

  • Consciousness for Beginners: the best book - Introducing Consciousness: A Graphic Guide by David Papineau & Howard Selina
  • Consciousness for Beginners: the best book - Detecting Awareness in the Vegetative State by Adam Owen et al
  • Consciousness for Beginners: the best book - Selective Attention Test by Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons
  • Consciousness for Beginners: the best book - Failure to Detect Mismatches Between Intention and Outcome in a Simple Decision Task by Petter Johansson et al
  • Consciousness for Beginners: the best book - Synecdoche, New York by Charlie Kaufman

Consciousness for Beginners: the best book, articles and one movie, recommended by David Carmel

What is consciousness? Can we measure it? Cognitive neuroscientist David Carmel introduces some of the philosophical and scientific complexities of identifying what was formerly known as the ‘soul.’

Consciousness for Beginners: the best book, articles and one movie, recommended by David Carmel

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