What makes us think? : a neuroscientist and a philosopher argue about ethics, human nature, and the...
What makes us think? : a neuroscientist and a philosopher argue about ethics, human nature, and the...
What makes us think? : a neuroscientist and a philosopher argue about ethics, human nature, and the brain / Jean-Pierre Changeux and Paul Ricœur ; translated by M.B. DeBevoise.
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Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2000.
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T0357422
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English
French
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Physical content
x, 335 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents
1. A Necessary Encounter -- 2. Body and Mind: In Search of a Common Discourse -- 3. The Neuronal Model and the Test of Experience -- 4. Consciousness of Oneself and of Others -- 5. The Origins of Morality -- 6. Desire and Norms -- 7. Ethical Universality and Cultural Conflict.
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Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2000.
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New Jersey
Date Published
c2000.
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Summary
"In an exchange between neuroscientist Jean-Pierre Changeux and philosopher Paul Ricoeur, this book explores the vexed territory between these divergent approaches - and comes to a deeper, more complex perspective on human nature." "Ranging across diverse traditions, from phrenology to PET scans and from Spinoza to Charles Taylor, What Makes Us Thi...
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What makes us think? : a neuroscientist and a philosopher argue about ethics, human nature, and the brain / Jean-Pierre Changeux and Paul Ricœur ; translated by M.B. DeBevoise.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-326) and index.
State Reference Library copy: transferred from 153/118.
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c2000.
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T0357422
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74Vvode0zzgg
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ISBN
0691009406
9780691009407 (alk. paper)
0691009406 (alk. paper)
9780691009407
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153
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991013148689702626
