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eBook details
- Title: Philosophy of Brain
- Author : Howard Burton
- Release Date : January 01, 2020
- Genre: Life Sciences,Books,Science & Nature,Nonfiction,Philosophy,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 424 KB
Description
This book is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and neurophilosopher Pat Churchland, UC San Diego. Pat Churchland has done extensive research in the fields of philosophy of neuroscience, philosophy of the mind and neuroethics. During this mind-stretching conversation Pat explores how the brain works, how we are able to represent the external world of objects and our inner world of thoughts, self and consciousness.
This carefully-edited book includes an introduction, Of Mice and Men, and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter:
Playing with Brains - Dissecting brains and meeting Francis Crick
Neuropioneers - Ruffling philosophical feathers
Sociological Fault Lines - Mind vs. brain
Connecting Horizontally - Investigating “philosophy of mind”?
Touching a Nerve - Spreading the message
Social Relevance - Explorations of morality through biology
Free Will - An age-old quandary resurfaces
Eliminative Materialism - What it means and doesn’t mean
Consciousness - Towards progress?
Summing Up - Some key questions
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