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The Antipodes of the Mind

Charting the Phenomenology of the Ayahuasca Experience

By: Benny Shanon

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The Antipodes of the Mind

Charting the Phenomenology of the Ayahuasca Experience

By: Benny Shanon

This is a pioneering cognitive psychological study of Ayahuasca, a plant-based Amazonian psychotropic brew. Benny Shanon presents a comprehensive charting of the various facets of the special state of mind induced by Ayahuasca, and analyzes them from a cognitive psychological perspective. He also presents some philosophical reflections. Empirically, the research presented in this book is based on the systematic recording of the author's extensive experiences with the brew and on the interviewing of a large number of informants: indigenous people, shamans, members of different religious sects using Ayahuasca, and travellers. In addition to its being the most thorough study of the Ayahuasca experience to date, the book lays the theoretical foundations for the psychological study of non-ordinary states of consciousness in general.

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OUP Oxford

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0199252920

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9780199252923

The Representational and the Presentational

An Essay on Cognition and the Study of Mind

By: Benny Shanon

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The Representational and the Presentational

An Essay on Cognition and the Study of Mind

By: Benny Shanon

In this wide-ranging book the author presents his critique of the contemporary portrayal of cognition, an analysis of the conceptual foundations of cognitive science and a proposal for a new concept of the mind. Shanon argues that the representational account is seriously lacking and that far from serving as a basis of cognitive activity, representations are the products of such activity. He proposes an alternative view of the mind in which the basic capability of the cognitive system is not the manipulation of symbols but rather action in the world. His book offers a different outlook on the phenomenon of consciousness and presents a new conception of psychological theory and explanation. This revised second edition includes a new Postscript.

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Andrews UK Limited

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1845405129

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9781845405120

The Antipodes of the Mind

Charting the Phenomenology of the Ayahuasca Experience

By: Benny Shanon

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Charting the Phenomenology of the Ayahuasca Experience

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The Representational and the Presentational

An Essay on Cognition and the Study of Mind

By: Benny Shanon

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The Representational and the Presentational

An Essay on Cognition and the Study of Mind

By: Benny Shanon

In this wide-ranging book the author presents his critique of the contemporary portrayal of cognition, an analysis of the conceptual foundations of cognitive science and a proposal for a new concept of the mind. Shannon argues that the representational account is seriously lacking and that far from serving as a basis of cognitive activity, representations are the products of such activity. He proposes an alternative view of the mind in which the basic capability of the cognitive system is not the manipulation of symbols but rather action in the world. His book offers a different outlook on the phenomenon of consciousness and presents a new conception of psychological theory and explanation.

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0745010954

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9780745010953

Jack Benny's Lost Radio Broadcasts Volume One

May 2 - July 27, 1932

By: Jack Benny,Harry Conn

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Jack Benny's Lost Radio Broadcasts Volume One

May 2 - July 27, 1932

By: Jack Benny,Harry Conn

For the first time in almost 90 years, we can experience the origins of Jack Benny's radio comedy genius. Jack Benny's Lost Radio Broadcasts, brought up from Benny's subterranean vault [or the UCLA archives, almost as difficult to access!] finally share scripts of his earliest live radio programs--for which no recordings exist. See how the soon-to-be-king of radio comedy moved from his vaudeville stand-up comedy background to invent the workplace situation comedy. In these first shows of 1932, Jack plays a "Broadway Romeo," a genial, self-deprecating comedian, who is not yet the famously cheap "fall guy" he would become over the next two years. Jack claims that it's his bandleader, George Olsen, who's the tightwad. Highlights of Volume One include: - Jack's commercials for Canada Dry Ginger Ale- the funniest, and most controversial, advertising parodies he would ever perform. - Jack's panic as he realizes he has used up every vaudeville routine he'd ever performed on stage, and this is a twice-a-week program. - The initial Introduction of Mary Livingstone, the radio fan from Plainfield, New Jersey. - An introduction by Kathy Fuller-Seeley that sets the stage for why these historic shows are so important to understand Benny's career. These 26 hilarious radio scripts offer Jack Benny at his early creative best. Kathryn Fuller-Seeley is the author of Jack Benny and the Golden Age of Radio Comedy (2017) and books on early motion pictures and nickelodeon audiences. She teaches media history at the University of Texas at Austin.

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1629335789

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Jack Benny's Lost Radio Broadcasts Volume One

May 2 - July 27, 1932 (hardback)

By: Jack Benny,Harry Conn

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Jack Benny's Lost Radio Broadcasts Volume One

May 2 - July 27, 1932 (hardback)

By: Jack Benny,Harry Conn

This is the hardback version. For the first time in almost 90 years, we can experience the origins of Jack Benny's radio comedy genius. Jack Benny's Lost Radio Broadcasts, brought up from Benny's subterranean vault [or the UCLA archives, almost as difficult to access!] finally share scripts of his earliest live radio programs--for which no recordings exist. See how the soon-to-be-king of radio comedy moved from his vaudeville stand-up comedy background to invent the workplace situation comedy. In these first shows of 1932, Jack plays a "Broadway Romeo," a genial, self-deprecating comedian, who is not yet the famously cheap "fall guy" he would become over the next two years. Jack claims that it's his bandleader, George Olsen, who's the tightwad. Highlights of Volume One include: - Jack's commercials for Canada Dry Ginger Ale- the funniest, and most controversial, advertising parodies he would ever perform. - Jack's panic as he realizes he has used up every vaudeville routine he'd ever performed on stage, and this is a twice-a-week program. - The initial Introduction of Mary Livingstone, the radio fan from Plainfield, New Jersey. - An introduction by Kathy Fuller-Seeley that sets the stage for why these historic shows are so important to understand Benny's career. These 26 hilarious radio scripts offer Jack Benny at his early creative best.

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1629335797

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The Antipodes of the Mind

The Antipodes of the Mind

The Representational and the Presentational

The Representational and the Presentational

The Antipodes of the Mind

The Antipodes of the Mind

The Representational and the Presentational

The Representational and the Presentational

Jack Benny's Lost Radio Broadcasts Volume One

Jack Benny's Lost Radio Broadcasts Volume One

Jack Benny's Lost Radio Broadcasts Volume One

Jack Benny's Lost Radio Broadcasts Volume One

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