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100 1 _aChurchland, Patricia Smith.
245 1 0 _aTouching a nerve :
_bthe self as brain /
_cPatricia S. Churchland.
250 _aFirst edition.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bW.W. Norton & Company,
_c2013.
300 _a304 pages ;
_c22 cm
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 267-291) and index.
520 _aWhat happens when we accept that everything we feel and think stems not from an immaterial spirit but from electrical and chemical activity in our brains? Churchland grounds the philosophy of mind in the essential ingredients of biology. She reflects with humor on how she came to harmonize science and philosophy, the mind and the brain, abstract ideals and daily life.
505 0 _aMe, myself, and my brain -- Soul searching -- My heavens -- The brains behind morality -- Aggression and sex -- Such a lovely war -- Free will, habits, and self-control -- Hidden cognition -- The conscious life examined -- Balancing act -- Notes -- Index.
650 0 _aNeuropsychology
_xPhilosophy.
650 0 _aCognitive science
_xPhilosophy.
650 0 _aBrain.
650 1 2 _aNeuropsychology.
650 2 2 _aBrain.
650 2 2 _aCognitive Science.
650 2 2 _aPhilosophy.
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