Second Nature: Brain Science and Human Knowledge

Unmarked text. Summarizes Nobel laureate in medicine Gerald Edelman's seminal contributions to our understanding of the human brain and the human mind. 203p. A few nicks on dust jacket.

From Publisher:

Burgeoning advancements in brain science are opening up new perspectives on how we acquire knowledge. Indeed, it is now possible to explore consciousnessthe very center of human concernby scientific means. In this illuminating book, Dr. Gerald M. Edelman offers a new theory of knowledge based on striking scientific findings about how the brain works. And he addresses the related compelling question: Does the latest research imply that all knowledge can be reduced to scientific description?
Edelman s brain-based approach to knowledge has rich implications for our understanding of creativity, of the normal and abnormal functioning of the brain, and of the connections among the different ways we have of knowing. While the gulf between science and the humanities and their respective views of the world has seemed enormous in the past, the author shows that their differences can be dissolved by considering their origins in brain functions. He foresees a day when brain-based devices will be conscious, and he reflects on this and other fascinating ideas about how we come to know the world and ourselves.
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Product Info

ISBN: 0300120397

ISBN-13: 9780300120394

Publisher: Yale University Press

Year: 2006

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

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