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Subjectivity and Being Somebody : Human Identity and Neuroethics.
This book uses a neo-Aristotelian framework to examine human subjectivity as an embodied being. It examines the varieties of reductionism that affect philosophical writing about human origins and identity, and explores the nature of rational subjectivity as emergent from our neurobiological constitu...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Luton :
Andrews UK Ltd.,
2011.
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| Colección: | St Andrews Studies in Philosophy and Public Affairs, 12.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This book uses a neo-Aristotelian framework to examine human subjectivity as an embodied being. It examines the varieties of reductionism that affect philosophical writing about human origins and identity, and explores the nature of rational subjectivity as emergent from our neurobiological constitution. This allows a consideration of the effect of neurological interventions such as psychosurgery, neuroimplantation, and the promise of cyborgs on the image of the human. It then examines multi ... |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (293 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781845402846 1845402847 |