| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 335 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
1. Balancing Bodies and Lives -- 2. Balance and the Brain -- 3. Vertigo, Nausea, and Falls -- 4. Consciousness -- 5. How Metaphors Work -- 6. Nature -- 7. Medicine -- 8. Society -- 9. The Arts -- 10. Philosophy -- Appendix: Balance and Imbalance Metaphors -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
Paul Thagard explores the physiological workings and metaphorical resonance of balance in the brain, the body, and society. Bridging philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience, Balance shows how an unheralded concept's many meanings illuminate the human condition |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed July 20, 2022) |
| Subject |
Equilibrium.
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Motion.
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Motion
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equilibrium (structural analysis concept)
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motion.
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SCIENCE -- Cognitive Science.
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Equilibrium
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Motion
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780231556071 |
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0231556071 |
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