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Touching a nerve : our brains, our selves / Patricia S. Churchland.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Churchland, Patricia Smith, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Neuropsychology--Philosophy.
- Neuropsychology.
- Cognitive science--Philosophy.
- Cognitive science.
- Brain.
- Physical Description:
- 304 pages ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 2014.
- Summary:
- In this thought-provoking narrative-drawn from professional expertise and personal experience-trailblazing neurophilosopher Patricia S. Churchland lucidly explains the latest brain science and explores its ethical and philosophical implications for our understanding of identity, consciousness, memory, and free will. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Me, Myself, and My Brain 11
- Chapter 2 Soul Searching 33
- Chapter 3 My Heavens 64
- Chapter 4 The Brains Behind Morality 83
- Chapter 5 Aggression and Sex 121
- Chapter 6 Such a Lovely War 153
- Chapter 7 Free Will, Habits, and Self-Control 168
- Chapter 8 Hidden Cognition 195
- Chapter 9 The Conscious Life Examined 225.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-291) and index.
- Other Edition:
- Reproduction of: Churchland, Patricia Smith. New York : W.W. Norton & Company, c2013
- ISBN:
- 0393349446
- 9780393349443
- OCLC:
- 857404733
- Publisher Number:
- 99959786341
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