THE PHYSIOLOGY OF TRUTH by Jean-Pierre Changeux, M. B. DeBevoise (Trans) ( 9780674032606 )

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Title:

THE PHYSIOLOGY OF TRUTH
NEUROSCIENCE AND HUMAN KNOWLEDGE

By:

Jean-Pierre Changeux, M. B. DeBevoise (Trans)

Format:

Paperback

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ISBN 10:

0674032608

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9780674032606

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Publisher:

HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

1 March, 2009

Series:

Mind/Brain/Behavior Initiative

Pages:

336

Translated from:

French

Description:

Drawing on provocative findings about the psychophysiology of perception and judgment in both human and nonhuman primates, and also on the cultural history of science, this title makes a case for the reality of scientific progress and argues that it forms the basis for a coherent and universal theory of human rights.

Synopsis:

In this wide-ranging book, one of the boldest thinkers in modern neuroscience confronts an ancient philosophical problem: can we know the world as it really is? Drawing on provocative new findings about the psychophysiology of perception and judgment in both human and nonhuman primates, and also on the cultural history of science, Jean-Pierre Changeux makes a powerful case for the reality of scientific progress and argues that it forms the basis for a coherent and universal theory of human rights.

Illustrations:

39 halftones, 28 line illustrations

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Imprint:

The Belknap Press

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