Touching a nerve : the self as brain

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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Churchland, Patricia Smith (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : W. W. Norton & Company, [2013]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Neuropsychology > Philosophy.
Cognitive science > Philosophy.
Brain.
Table of Contents:
  • Me, myself, and my brain
  • Soul searching
  • My heavens
  • The brains behind morality
  • Aggression and sex
  • Such a lovely war
  • Free will, habits, and self-control
  • Hidden cognition
  • The conscious life examined
  • Balancing act
  • Notes
  • Index.

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