What makes us think? : a neuroscientist and a philosopher argue about ethics, human nature, and the brain /

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Will understanding our brains help us to know our minds? Or is there an unbridgeable distance between the work of neuroscience and the workings of human consciousness? In a remarkable exchange between neuroscientist Jean-Pierre Changeux and philosopher Paul Ricoeur, this book explores the vexed terr...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Changeux, Jean-Pierre
Other Authors: Ricœur, Paul
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Francés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2000.
Subjects:
Changeux, Jean-Pierre > Interviews.
Ricœur, Paul > Interviews.
Changeux, Jean-Pierre.
Ricœur, Paul.
Ethics.
Neuropsychology.
Neuroscientists > France > Interviews.
Philosophers > France > Interviews.
Ethics
Morale.
Neuroscientifiques > France > Entretiens.
Philosophes > France > Entretiens.
ethics (philosophy)
PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body
Neuroscientists.
Philosophers.
France.
Interviews.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • A necessary encounter
  • Body and mind: in search of a common discourse
  • The neuronal model and the test of experience
  • Consciousness of oneself and of others
  • The origins of morality
  • Desire and norms
  • Ethical universality and cultural conflict.

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