Touching a nerve : the self as brain / Patricia S. Churchland.

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 a...

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Main Author: Churchland, Patricia Smith (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : W. W. Norton & Company, [2013]
Edition:First edition.
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