SECOND NATURE by Gerald M. Edelman ( 9780300125948 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

SECOND NATURE
BRAIN SCIENCE AND HUMAN KNOWLEDGE

By:

Gerald M. Edelman

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Paperback

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ISBN 10:

0300125941

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9780300125948

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Publisher:

YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

2 November, 2007

Pages:

224

Description:

Offers a theory of knowledge based on scientific findings about how the brain works and addresses the related compelling question: does the research imply that all knowledge can be reduced to scientific description?

Synopsis:

Burgeoning advancements in brain science are opening up new perspectives on how we acquire knowledge. Indeed, it is now possible to explore consciousness-the very center of human concern-by 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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Yale University Press

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