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The voices within : the history and science of how we talk to ourselves

Fernyhough, Charles, 1968-2017
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Close your eyes and have a thought. Profound or mundane, hold the thought; savour it. Replay it in your mind. Now ask yourself a question: what was it like to think that thought? What we usually call 'thinking' is often a kind of speaking by, and a listening to, the multiple voices of our consciousness. This book eavesdrops on the voices in our heads: the kindly ones, the guiding ones, the voices of conscience and memory, and the sometimes terrible, sometimes beneficent voices of those who hear others speaking when there is no one around.
Imprint:
London : Profile Books, 2017.
Collation:
338 pages ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Published in association with Wellcome Collection.Originally published: 2016.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781781252802 (pbk)1781252807 (pbk)9781782830788 (ebook)
Dewey class:
153.42 FER153.42
LC class:
BF441
Language:
English
BRN:
311034
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