Dreaming Souls Sleep, Dreams and the Evolution of the Conscious Mind

Name: Dreaming Souls Sleep, Dreams and the Evolution of the Conscious Mind
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ISBN: 9780195142358

ISBN-10: 0195142357

ISBN-13: 9780195142358

Edition: 2001 (Reprint)

Authors: Owen Flanagan

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What, if anything, do dreams tell us about ourselves? What is the relationship between types of sleep and types of dreams? Does dreaming serve any purpose? Or are dreams simply meaningless mental noise--"unmusical fingers wandering over the piano keys"? With expertise in philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience, Owen Flanagan is uniquely qualified to answer these questions. And in Dreaming Souls he provides both an accessible survey of the latest research on sleep and dreams and a compelling new theory about the nature and function of dreaming. Flanagan argues that while sleep has a clear biological function and adaptive value, dreams are merely side effects, "free riders," irrelevant from…

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List price: $43.99
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/17/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 8.90" wide x 5.79" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English

Owen Flanagan is James B. Duke Professor of Philosophy. His books include Varieties of Moral Personality (1991), Consciousness Reconsidered (1992), The Really Hard Problem: Meaning in a Material World (2007), and The Bodhisattva's Brain: Buddhism Naturalized (2011).

Acknowledgments Prologue: "To Sleep: Perchance to Dream" 1. Heart Throbs 2. The Dreaming Mind 3. Sleepy Heads 4. Dreams: The Spandrels of Sleep 5. Self-Expression in Dreams 6. Philosophical Perplexities Epilogue: Here Comes the Sun Selected Bibliography Index