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" The happiness of pursuit : "
Shimon Edelman
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BL
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597867
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b427086
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| Main Entry
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Edelman, Shimon
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The happiness of pursuit : : what neuroscience can teach us about the good life /\ Shimon Edelman
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Basic Books,, c2012
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x, 237 p. ;; 22 cm
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9780465022243
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: 0465022243
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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Home is where the mind is -- Computing the mind -- The republic of soul -- Learning to think for yourself -- You can talk to me -- Nobody, at home -- An irresistible call to depart
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Draws on philosophy, literature, and brain science to explain why the pursuit of happiness is a more complicated effort than understood by most people, sharing insights into how to apply scientific methods for increasing one's chances of achieving happiness
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Thought and thinking
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Cognition
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Self
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Thinking
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Cognition
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Mind-Body Relations, Metaphysical
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Happiness
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Ego
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BF441.E234 2012
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