The Self-Conscious Mind and the Meaning and Mystery of Personal Existence.

Eccles, John C.

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Publication Date: 1981

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The Self-Conscious Mind and the Meaning and Mystery of Personal Existence.

Eccles, John C.

Teachers College Record, v82 n3 p403-26 Spr 1981

Human beings must realize the great unknowns in the material makeup and operation of the brain, in the relationship of brain to mind, in the creative imagination, and in the uniqueness of the psyche. The essential feature of the dualist-interaction theory is that mind and body are independent entities which somehow interact. (JN)

Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Affective Behavior, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Developmental Stages, Existentialism, Humanism, Identification (Psychology), Individual Development, Neurological Organization, Psychophysiology, Self Actualization, Self Concept

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Language: English

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