Self And The Phenomenon Of Life: A Biologist Examines Life From Molecules To Humanity

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“9x6” b2726 Self and the Phenomenon of Life: A Biologist Examines Life from Molecules to Humanity

Contents

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  1. Introduction: Why Self ?................................................... Preface.....................................................................................ix
  
  
  
  


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  2. An Astronaut’s Dilemma..................................................
  
  
  
  


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  3. Self and the Beginning of Life.......................................
  
  
  
  


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  4. The Microbial Self..........................................................
  
  
  
  


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  5. The Plant Self.................................................................
  
  
  
  


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  6. The Animal Self : Molecular Recognition....................
  
  
  
  


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  7. The Animal Self : Neurobehavioral Correlates............
  
  
  
  


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  8. Self and Conscious Experience....................................
  
  
  
  


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  9. Self and Emotion..........................................................
  
  
  
  


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  10. Self and Memory...........................................................
  
  
  
  


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  11. Self and Free Will.........................................................
  
  
  
  


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  12. The Expanded Self: Society as Self..............................
  
  
  
  


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  13. Self from Within: The Introspective Self.....................
  
  
  
  


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  14. Self, Realities, and the Transcendents.........................
  
  
  
  


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  15. Epilogue: And the Quest Goes On..............................
  
  
  
  


• Appendix A: Neurotransmitter Structures.......................


• Appendix B: Organization of the Nervous System..........