Janus: A summing up
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Janus: A summing up
Book Details
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Category
- Philosophy
- Condition
- Used
- ISBN-13
- 9780394500522
- ISBN-10
- 0394500520
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ISBN: 0394500520
Author: Koestler, Arthur
Condition: Used
"To put it evolution has left a few screws loose between the neocortex and the hypothalamus." Thus Arthur Koestler defines his hypothesis of "schizophysiology" in Janus. Written towards the end of his life this book serves as a summation of his earlier scientific writings -- among them "The Act of Creation," "The Case of the Midwife Toad" and "The Ghost in the Machine." Schizophysiology is a condition which Koestler sees as singularly human. It seeks to explain "the chronic, quasi-schizophrenic split between reason and emotion" and does so by an evolutionary argument. Outstanding and thought-provoking whether you agree or disagree with his process or conclusions!
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