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" Self and the phenomenon of life : "
Ramon Lim.
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BL
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890599
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Lim, Ramon
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Self and the phenomenon of life : : a biologist examines life from molecules to humanity /\ Ramon Lim.
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| Publication Statement
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Singapore ;Hackensack, NJ :: World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.,, [2017]
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x, 374 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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9789813203778
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: 9789813203785
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: 9813203773
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: 9813203781
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction : Why self? -- An astronaut's dilemma -- Self and the beginning of life -- The microbial self -- The plant self -- The animal self : molecular recognition -- The animal self : neurobehavioral correlates -- Self and conscious experience -- Self and emotion -- Self and memory -- Self and free will -- The expanded self : society as self -- Self from within : the introspective self -- Self, realities, and the transcendents -- Epilogue : and the quest goes on -- Appendix A. Neurotransmitter structures -- Appendix B. Organization of the nervous system -- Appendix C. Relative anatomical positions -- Appendix D. Approaches to explore the brain.
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In Western culture, self is confinded to human beings; in Buddhist thinking, self extends to all animals; in this book, self includes all life forms - plants, microbes...down to the first life on Earth, and up to human societies and the entire humanity. Defined as a natural system that auto-perpetuates, this broad concept of self provides a holistic view that invokes such eternal questions as the ultimate meaning, or non-meaning, of life.
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Life (Biology)-- Philosophy.
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Self.
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Life (Biology)-- Philosophy.
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Self.
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Life.
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Philosophy.
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Ego.
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| Dewey Classification
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570.1
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QH501.L556 2017
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2017 I-560
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W 61
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