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Touching a nerve by Patricia Smith Churchland · Booklabria

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Touching a nerve

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First published: 2013

Synopsis

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.

Subjects: Philosophy
Brain
Neuropsychology
Cognitive Science
Psychofysiologie

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Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company
Published: 2013
Edition: First edition.
Pages: 304
Language: English
ISBN-13: 978-0393058321
ISBN-10: 0393058328

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