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Touching a Nerve: Our Brains, Our Selves
Patricia Churchland
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Description for Touching a Nerve: Our Brains, Our Selves
Paperback. A trailblazing philosopher's exploration of the latest brain science-and its ethical and practical implications. Num Pages: 304 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: GTR; PDZ; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 256.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
255g
Number of Pages
306
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393349443
SKU
V9780393349443
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About Patricia Churchland
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.
Reviews for Touching a Nerve: Our Brains, Our Selves
"...accurate and commendably up to date."
Nature "...the philosopher Patricia Churchland defies her neuro-fundamentalist reputation to present a supremely measured, sensible and readable account of the brain's role in making us who we are."
Julian Baggani, Books of the Year 2013 - The Observer
Nature "...the philosopher Patricia Churchland defies her neuro-fundamentalist reputation to present a supremely measured, sensible and readable account of the brain's role in making us who we are."
Julian Baggani, Books of the Year 2013 - The Observer