Touching a Nerve by Patricia Churchland
A trailblazing philosophers exploration of the latest brain scienceand its ethical and practical implications.
"Marvelous…A trustworthy guide, [Churchland] gives comfort not by simplifying the research but by asking the right questions" -- Jascha Hoffman - New York Times
"Patricia Churchland may be the world’s leading neuro-philosopher today, but she also hails from humble beginnings in rural Canada. And that plainspoken farm girl, that second self, is on full display in this beautiful, unpretentious, enchanting exploration of mind, morals, and the meaning of life." -- Owen Flanagan, author of The Really Hard Problem: Meaning in a Material World
"It is hard to conceive of a better guide to this difficult terrain than the MacArthur-award-winning Ms. Churchland…[She] writes with surpassing clarity, elegance, humor and modesty." -- Abigail Zuger - New York Times
"Touching a Nerve is like a refreshing, bracing prairie breeze blowing away the cobwebs and obfuscation of so much philosophy and neuroscience. It is dazzlingly clear, down to earth, and often funny." -- Alison Gopnik, author of The Philosophical Baby: What Children
"Bold, deeply insightful and biological to the core, with a warm and soothing touch of humanity." -- Joaquín Fuster, author of The Prefrontal Cortex
"Engagingly written, Touching a Nerve takes the reader on 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
"Churchland creates a compelling narrative to further the idea of the self as brain… Through her examples, we can all come to understand our actions and intentions more clearly." -- Moheb Costandi - Scientific American
"Patricia Churchland may be the world’s leading neuro-philosopher today, but she also hails from humble beginnings in rural Canada. And that plainspoken farm girl, that second self, is on full display in this beautiful, unpretentious, enchanting exploration of mind, morals, and the meaning of life." -- Owen Flanagan, author of The Really Hard Problem: Meaning in a Material World
"It is hard to conceive of a better guide to this difficult terrain than the MacArthur-award-winning Ms. Churchland…[She] writes with surpassing clarity, elegance, humor and modesty." -- Abigail Zuger - New York Times
"Touching a Nerve is like a refreshing, bracing prairie breeze blowing away the cobwebs and obfuscation of so much philosophy and neuroscience. It is dazzlingly clear, down to earth, and often funny." -- Alison Gopnik, author of The Philosophical Baby: What Children
"Bold, deeply insightful and biological to the core, with a warm and soothing touch of humanity." -- Joaquín Fuster, author of The Prefrontal Cortex
"Engagingly written, Touching a Nerve takes the reader on 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
"Churchland creates a compelling narrative to further the idea of the self as brain… Through her examples, we can all come to understand our actions and intentions more clearly." -- Moheb Costandi - Scientific American
Patricia Churchland is the author of 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.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780393058321 |
| ISBN 10 | 0393058328 |
| Title | Touching a Nerve |
| Author | Patricia Churchland |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | WW Norton & Co |
| Year published | 2013-08-30 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
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