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Aping Mankind : Neuromania, Darwinitis and the Misrepresentation of Humanity.
In a devastating critique Raymond Tallis exposes the exaggerated claims made for the ability of neuroscience and evolutionary theory to explain human consciousness, behaviour, culture and society. While readily acknowledging the astounding progress neuroscience has made in helping us understand how...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor and Francis,
2014.
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| Colección: | Routledge classics.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In a devastating critique Raymond Tallis exposes the exaggerated claims made for the ability of neuroscience and evolutionary theory to explain human consciousness, behaviour, culture and society. While readily acknowledging the astounding progress neuroscience has made in helping us understand how the brain works, Tallis directs his guns at neuroscience's dark companion - ""Neuromania"" as he describes it - the belief that brain activity is not merely a necessary but a sufficient condition for human consciousness and that consequently our everyday behaviour can be entirely understood in neural |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (401 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781317234630 1317234634 1315711389 9781315711386 1844652726 9781844652723 1844652742 9781844652747 |