Mind Games

Acknowledgements
 
Forward!
 
How To Use This Book
 
Week 1: Influencing the Reptile Mind
 
Week 2: Observing the Development of Little Minds
 
Week 3: Experiments in Practical Philosophy
 
Week 4: Miscellaneous Philosophical Investigations
 
Debriefing
 
Week 1: Influencing the Reptile Mind
 
Week 2: Observing the Development of Little Minds
 
Week 3: Experiments in Practical Philosophy
 
Week 4: Miscellaneous Philosophical Investigations
 
Sources and Suggestions for Further Reading
 
Index

Martin Cohen is editor of the Philosopher, and one of today's best known authors specializing in popular books in philosophy, social science and politics. He has taught philosophy and social science at a number of universities in the UK and Australia. His unusual approach to the subject stems from his role in a key project at the University of Leeds in the 1980s to change the way Philosophy was traditionally taught in the UK, towards viewing it as an activity. His most recent books include Wittgenstein's Beetle and Other Classic Thought Experiments (Blackwell, 2004), No Holiday: 80 Places You Don't Want to Visit (Disinformation Travel Guides) (2006), Philosophical Tales (Blackwell, 2008), and the UK edition of Philosophy for Dummies (2010).

"Cohen is an author who specialises in popular books on philosophy, social science and politics and, essentially, this new one is an introduction to thinking about thinking. It blends psychological and social studies with philosophical theory for the first time, eschewing technical jargon and using easily understood scenarios to demonstrate the theme." (www.mysteriousplanet.net, November 2010) "This book is very much in that vein of bringing philosophy to the masses and encouraging people to think." (The Bookbag, November 2010) "Readers of this book who already have a philosophical bent will enjoy engaging with it at a discursive level while the more general reader will gain a deeper sense of the diversity and quirkiness, the subtleties and complexities, of that infinite inner world which is the mind." (www.suite101.com, November 2010)

"A great book and well worth the self-indulgence, one day at a time." (Metapsychology, 27 December 2011)
"I would recommend its purchase for the general reader who is already interested in thinking, philosophy and is willing to invest time and thought into getting the most out of the book. For the more academic professional it may seem too light hearted." (Encephalitis Society, 1 April 2011)

"The upshot is that readers of this book who already have a philosophical bent will enjoy engaging with it at a discursive level while the more general reader will gain a deeper sense of the diversity and quirkiness, the subtleties and complexities, of that infinite inner world which is the mind." ( Suite101.com , November 2010)

"Cohen is an author who specialises in popular books on philosophy, social science and politics and, essentially, this new one is an introduction to thinking about thinking. It blends psychological and social studies with philosophical theory for the first time, eschewing technical jargon and using easily understood scenarios to demonstrate the theme." (www.mysteriousplanet.net , November 2010)

"This book is very much in that vein of bringing philosophy to the masses and encouraging people to think." ( The Bookbag , November 2010)

"Readers of this book who already have a philosophical bent will enjoy engaging with it at a discursive level while the more general reader will gain a deeper sense of the diversity and quirkiness, the subtleties and complexities, of that infinite inner world which is the mind." ( www.suite101.com, November 2010)