Nicholas Humphrey
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 3935531 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Nicholas Humphrey |
| PRENOMES | Nicholas |
| SOBRENOME | Humphrey |
| ASSINATURA | HUMPHREY N |
| AFILIAÇÕES | London School of Economics and Political Science |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4429-8270 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 10 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 32 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 10 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1992 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2022 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Sentience
Consciousness
the author of the book of proverbs was selective in revealing what he did not know."There are three things that are too wonderful for me, yea four that I know not: the way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid" (Proverbs 30:18).Here I shall pass over the first three of these unknowables, and touch only briefly on the fourth.I want to address another un…
Ideology, Fear of Death, and Death Anxiety
Ideological beliefs have long attracted the attention of social psychologists, who have investigated their genesis as well as their influence on a host of social phenomena. Conservatism, from the Motivated Social Cognition framework, stems from epistemic and existential needs of the individual, and notably the fear of death. However, Terror Management Theory proposes a view of conservatism and its contrary, liberalism, as equivalent cultural worl…
Parler au nom de nos Soi(s)
Le trouble de personnalité multiple, s'il existe, est plus qu'un phénomène psychiatrique exotique. Il soulève - et peut-être peut aider à résoudre - des questions fondamentales sur ce qu'être un Soi signifie
Introduction
Nicholas Humphrey Introduction: Science Looks at Fairness IT FALLS TO ME, IN INTRODUCING THE FIRST SECTION OF THIS ISSUE, to make the obvious—but all important—point that the word “fair”has a double meaning. On the one hand, we say a situation is fair when we can see that it is well balanced in an objective sense—when, for example, things are distributed evenly, symmetrically, or in a stable configura tion. On the other hand, we say a situation …
A history of the mind
Cave Art, Autism, and the Evolution of the Human Mind
The emergence of cave art in Europe about 30,000 years ago is widely believed to be evidence that by this time human beings had developed sophisticated capacities for symbolization and communication. However, comparison of the cave art with the drawings made by a young autistic girl, Nadia, reveals surprising similarities in content and style. Nadia, despite her graphic skills, was mentally defective and had virtually no language. I argue in the …
Commentaries
A History of the Mind
The Mind Made Flesh
Ideology, Fear of Death, and Death Anxiety
Ideological beliefs have long attracted the attention of social psychologists, who have investigated their genesis as well as their influence on a host of social phenomena. Conservatism, from the Motivated Social Cognition framework, stems from epistemic and existential needs of the individual, and notably the fear of death. However, Terror Management Theory proposes a view of conservatism and its contrary, liberalism, as equivalent cultural worl…
Cave Art, Autism, and the Evolution of the Human Mind
The emergence of cave art in Europe about 30,000 years ago is widely believed to be evidence that by this time human beings had developed sophisticated capacities for symbolization and communication. However, comparison of the cave art with the drawings made by a young autistic girl, Nadia, reveals surprising similarities in content and style. Nadia, despite her graphic skills, was mentally defective and had virtually no language. I argue in the …
A History of the Mind
The Mind Made Flesh
Commentaries
Cave Art, Autism, and the Evolution of the Human Mind
The emergence of cave art in Europe about 30,000 years ago is widely believed to be evidence that by this time human beings had developed sophisticated capacities for symbolization and communication. However, comparison of the cave art with the drawings made by a young autistic girl, Nadia, reveals surprising similarities in content and style. Nadia, despite her graphic skills, was mentally defective and had virtually no language. I argue in the …
A history of the mind
Introduction
Nicholas Humphrey Introduction: Science Looks at Fairness IT FALLS TO ME, IN INTRODUCING THE FIRST SECTION OF THIS ISSUE, to make the obvious—but all important—point that the word “fair”has a double meaning. On the one hand, we say a situation is fair when we can see that it is well balanced in an objective sense—when, for example, things are distributed evenly, symmetrically, or in a stable configura tion. On the other hand, we say a situation …
Parler au nom de nos Soi(s)
Le trouble de personnalité multiple, s'il existe, est plus qu'un phénomène psychiatrique exotique. Il soulève - et peut-être peut aider à résoudre - des questions fondamentales sur ce qu'être un Soi signifie
Ideology, Fear of Death, and Death Anxiety
Ideological beliefs have long attracted the attention of social psychologists, who have investigated their genesis as well as their influence on a host of social phenomena. Conservatism, from the Motivated Social Cognition framework, stems from epistemic and existential needs of the individual, and notably the fear of death. However, Terror Management Theory proposes a view of conservatism and its contrary, liberalism, as equivalent cultural worl…
Consciousness
the author of the book of proverbs was selective in revealing what he did not know."There are three things that are too wonderful for me, yea four that I know not: the way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid" (Proverbs 30:18).Here I shall pass over the first three of these unknowables, and touch only briefly on the fourth.I want to address another un…
Sentience
Psychology (5 obras) · Philosophy (4 obras) · Epistemology (3 obras) · Art (2 obras) · History (2 obras) · Jungian Analytical Psychology (2 obras) · Nothing (2 obras) · Psychoanalysis (2 obras) · Sociology (2 obras) · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology (1 obras)