Overview

Despite the commonplace comparison, the mind isn't just like a computer; it truly is one, best defined as a bundle of computations carried out collectively by the brain's neurons. But the brain is also the organ with which we experience emotions, such as happiness. In The Happiness of Pursuit , cognition expert Shimon Edelman draws on philosophy, literature and brain science to argue that we can use our best understanding of the mind to increase our chances of being happy. Viewed through his lens, happiness isn't a programme we fulfil or a destination we reach, but a continuous journey. A book like no other in cognitive science - witty, learned and accessible - The Happiness of Pursuit stands to be a classic, pushing the limits of our knowledge of the brain.

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Author:   Shimon Edelman
Publisher:   The Perseus Books Group
Imprint:   Basic Civitas Books
Dimensions:   Width: 15.00cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 21.10cm
Weight:   0.358kg
ISBN:  

9780465022243

ISBN 10:   0465022243
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   12 April 2012
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available  
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<p>David Eagleman, Director, Laboratory for Perception and Action, Baylor College of Medicine, and author of Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain<br> Edelman marries his scientific mind with his poetic eye to give us the neuroscience that matters the most: an understanding of our own lives. <br>Ben-Ami Scharfstein, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Tel-Aviv University, and author of Art Without Borders: A Philosophical Exploration of Art and Humanity For all its seriousness, ambition, and learning, Shimon Edelman's The Happiness of Pursuit is an extraordinarilyhuman book. It is ambitious because he bases his view of the nature of happiness on what for many of his readers will be an unusual conception of the relation between the brain, the Self, and the body. Happiness, says Edelman, is not simply a state of mind one tries to attain, but an unceasing activity. That is, whenever it does attain its goal, after a pause for savoring its success it must change its goal for a new on

Author Information

Shimon Edelman is a Professor of Psychology at Cornell University with a focus on reverse engineerign the brain. He is the author of Computing the Mind and Representation and Recognition in Vision. He lives in Ithaca, New York.

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