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LEADER: 01851cam a22003614a 4500
001 2003026945
003 DLC
005 20041116141254.0
008 031209s2004 mdua b 001 0 eng
035 $a(DNLM)101200138
010 $a 2003026945
020 $a0801879485 (hardcover : alk. paper)
040 $aDNLM/DLC$cDLC$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aBF323.E8$bR43 2004
082 00 $a155.9$222
060 10 $aBF 575.H56$bR287h 2004
100 1 $aReading, Anthony.
245 10 $aHope & despair :$bhow perceptions of the future shape human behavior /$cAnthony Reading.
246 3 $aHope and despair
260 $aBaltimore, Md. :$bJohns Hopkins University Press,$c2004.
300 $axiii, 234 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [209]-225) and index.
505 0 $aThe anatomy of expectation. The nature of hope -- Predicting the future -- The internal representation of the external world -- The machinery of the mind. The processing of information -- The role of learning and memory -- The impact of consciousness -- Emotion as information -- A blueprint for uniqueness. The evolution of human behavior -- The gift of language -- The development of symbolic thought -- The concept of time -- The human condition. Science and religion as ways of knowing -- Shared expectations -- Despair -- Human nature: it's about time.
650 0 $aExpectation (Psychology)
650 0 $aHope.
650 12 $aEmotions.
650 22 $aCognition.
650 22 $aMind-Body Relations (Metaphysics)
650 22 $aThinking.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/jhu051/2003026945.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/jhu051/2003026945.html
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0412/2003026945.html