Second nature : brain science and human knowledge

Second nature : brain science and human knowledge /

Burgeoning advances in brain science are opening up new perspectives on how we acquire knowledge. Indeed, it is now possible to explore consciousness - the very centre of human concern - by scientific means. In this illuminating book, Dr. Gerald M. Edelman offers a new theory of knowledge based on s...

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Main Author: Edelman, Gerald M.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, 2006
Subjects:
Brain.
Neurosciences.
Brain > physiology
Consciousness > physiology
Brain
Neurosciences
Knowledge
brains.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The Galilean arc and Darwin's program
  • 2. Consciousness, body, and brain
  • 3. Selectionism : a prerequisite for consciousness
  • 4. From brain activity to consciousness
  • 5. Epistemology and its discontents
  • 6. A brain-based approach
  • 7. Forms of knowledge : the divorce between science and the humanities
  • 8. Repairing the rift
  • 9. Causation, illusions, and values
  • 10. Creativity : the play between specificity and range
  • 11. Abnormal states
  • 12. Brain-based devices : toward a conscious artifact
  • 13. Second nature : the transformation of knowledge.

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