Touching a Nerve

Our Brains, Our Selves

Patricia Churchland (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

306 Seiten

2014
WW Norton & Co (Verlag)
978-0-393-34944-3 (ISBN)

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A trailblazing philosopher’s exploration of the latest brain science—and its ethical and practical implications.

At the heart of Touching a Nerve is the question of what happens when we accept that everything we feel, think and experience stems not from an immaterial soul but from electrical and chemical activity in our brains. Patricia Churchland, one of the pioneers of neurophilosophy, explains what the latest brain research into consciousness, sensory experience, memory and free will can tell us about the enduring philosophical and ethical questions about what the self is, how our personalities are created and what determines our decisions and behaviour. As Churchland reveals, once we accept that our brains determine everything about who we are and how we experience the world, neuroscience offers new, critical insights into a fascinating range of ethical and philosophical dilemmas.

Patricia Churchland is the author of Touching a Nerve: Our Brains, Our Selves. She is professor emerita of philosophy at the University of California, San Diego, and the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	22.8.2014
Zusatzinfo	16 illustrations
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 211 mm
Gewicht	315 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Neurologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Humanbiologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
ISBN-10	0-393-34944-6 / 0393349446
ISBN-13	978-0-393-34944-3 / 9780393349443
Zustand	Neuware