2006, ISBN: 9780198039891

What the Best Minds Think about the Brain, Free Will, and What It Means to Be Human, eBooks, eBook Download (PDF), In Conversations on Consciousness, Susan Blackmore interviews some of th… Mehr…

What the Best Minds Think about the Brain, Free Will, and What It Means to Be Human, eBooks, eBook Download (PDF), In Conversations on Consciousness, Susan Blackmore interviews some of the great minds of our time, a who's who of eminent thinkers, all of whom have devoted much of their lives to understanding the concept of consciousness. The interviewees, ranging from major philosophers to renowned scientists, talk candidly with Blackmore about some of the key philosophical issues confronting us in a series of conversations that are revealing, insightful, and stimulating. They ruminate on the nature of consciousness (is it something apart from the brain?) and discuss if it is even possible to understand the human mind. Some of these thinkers say no, but most believe that we will pierce the mystery surrounding consciousness, and that neuroscience will provide the key. Blackmore goes beyond the issue of consciousness to ask other intriguing questions: Is there free will? (A question which yields many conflicted replies, with most saying yes and no.) If not, how does this effect the way you live your life; and more broadly, how has your work changed the way you live?Paired with an introduction and extensive glossary that provide helpful background information, these provocative conversations illuminate how some of the greatest minds tackle some of the most difficult questions about human nature. [PU: Oxford University Press], Seiten: 288, Oxford University Press, 2006<

ISBN: 9780198039891

Blackmore in this volume brings together some of the great minds of our time, a who's who of eminent thinkers, all of whom have devoted much of their lives to understanding consciousness.… Mehr…

Blackmore in this volume brings together some of the great minds of our time, a who's who of eminent thinkers, all of whom have devoted much of their lives to understanding consciousness. Some of the interviewees are major philosophers (such as John Searle, Ned Block, and David Chalmers) and some are equally renowned scientists (Francis Crick, Roger Penrose, V.S. Ramachandran). All of them talk candidly with Blackmore about some of the key philosophical issues confronting us, in a series of conversations that are revealing, insightful, and stimulating. Science, eBooks.com<

2006, ISBN: 9780198039891

What the Best Minds Think about the Brain, Free Will, and What It Means to Be Human, eBook Download (PDF), eBooks, [PU: Oxford University Press]

2006, ISBN: 9780198039891

What the Best Minds Think about the Brain, Free Will, and What It Means to Be Human, eBooks, eBook Download (PDF), [PU: Oxford University Press], Oxford University Press, 2006

2006, ISBN: 9780198039891

What the Best Minds Think about the Brain, Free Will, and What It Means to Be Human, eBook Download (PDF), eBooks, [PU: Oxford University Press]