Isbn: 9780262029704 - what the body commands: the imperative theory of pain (the mit press) (1 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: As New. 1st Edition. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2015. First edition, first printing, with full number line including the 1. Hardcover. Black boards with silver spine lettering. Very Fine in a very fine dust jacket. Comes with archival-quality mylar dust jacket protector. A tight clean copy. Octavo, 210 pages, with index. The book develops Klein's imperative theory of pain, proposing that pain serves as a command that directs attention and action, rather than as a mere signal or indicator of damage; it combines philosophical argument with evidence from neuroscience and psychology. Klein, an Australian philosopher and cognitive scientist, is known for his work on the philosophy of mind, pain, and consciousness; this was his first book.…