Touching a nerve
Subtitle: the self as brain
By: Patricia S. Churchland
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780393058321
Subjects: Brain; Philosophy; Cognitive science; Neuropsychology
Description: What happens when we accept that everything we feel and think stems not from an immaterial spirit but from electrical and chemical activity in our brains? Churchland grounds the philosophy of mind in the essential ingredients of biology. She reflects with humor on how she came to harmonize science and philosophy, the mind and the brain, abstract ideals and daily life.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-291) and index.
Table of contents: title: Me, myself, and my brain; title: Soul searching; title: My heavens; title: The brains behind morality; title: Aggression and sex; title: Such a lovely war; title: Free will, habits, and self-control; title: Hidden cognition; title: The conscious life examined; title: Balancing act; title: Notes; title: Index.