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Maps of the Mind

by Charles Hampden-Turner · 1981 · 224 pages

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The author presents the first comprehensive attempt to collect, describe, and draw in map form the most important concepts of the human mind.

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Subject
psychologyphilosophyscience
Themes
philosophy
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 224 pages

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