Touching a Nerve: Our Brains, Our Selves - Softcover

Patricia S Churchland

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0393349446 ISBN 13: 9780393349443

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 2014

Synopsis

A trailblazing philosopher?s exploration of the latest brain science?and its ethical and practical implications.

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Review:

A spellbinding journey into the workings of the human brain and the relevance of neuroscience to our daily lives. It will interest anyone who thinks that good philosophy needs be grounded in good science or who is simply curious about how understanding the brain can help us make sense of the human condition. A terrific read! --David Livingstone Smith, author of Less than Human: Why We Demean, Enslave and Exterminate Others"

About the Author:

Patricia Churchland is the author of, most recently, Conscience: The Origins of Moral Intuition and Touching a Nerve: Our Brains, Our Selves. She is professor emerita of philosophy at the University of California, San Diego, and the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship. She lives in San Diego.

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0393349446
• ISBN 13: 9780393349443
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304