9 mind/brain books of the near future
Written on July 26, 2009
Here are some books to watch out for (or preorder now as a gift to your future self):
[update 7/28 – Those that have become available are noted below.]
July 28 – In the Mind’s Eye: Creative Visual Thinkers, Gifted Dyslexics, and the Rise of Visual Technologies (2nd rev ed) by Thomas G. West
Aug 1 – The actor’s brain: Exploring the cognitive neuroscience of free will by Sean Spence
Aug 3 – From Axons to Identity: Neurological Explorations of the Nature of the Self (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology) by Todd E. Feinberg [In stock as of 8/2]
Aug 4 – The Philosophical Baby: What Children’s Minds Tell Us About Truth, Love, and the Meaning of Life by Alison Gopnik
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Aug 12 – The New Executive Brain: Frontal Lobes in a Complex World by Elkhonon Goldberg [In Stock as of 7/28]
Aug 13 – Tools for Innovation: The Science Behind the Practical Methods That Drive New Ideas ed. by Arthur Markman and Kristin Wood [In Stock as of 7/28]
Aug 19 – Cognitive Systems and the Extended Mind (Philosophy of the Mind) by Robert D. Rupert
Aug 31 – The Scientific American Day in the Life of Your Brain
Oct 1 – Selves: An Essay in Revisionary Metaphysics by Galen Strawson
