The Engine of Reason, the Seat of the Soul: A Philosophical Journey Into the BrainA picture of the mind is emerging, and explanations now exist for what has so long seemed mysterious. Philosopher Paul Churchland explains these scientific developments in a simple, authoritative fashion. He not only opens the door into the ongoing research of the neurobiological and connectionist communities but goes further, probing the social and moral dimensions of recent experimental results that assign consciousness to all but the very simplest forms of animals. |
Contents
The Incredible Power of Vector | 21 |
Face Coding | 27 |
3 | 34 |
The Conquest of Time | 97 |
The Neural Representation of the Social World | 123 |
Cognitive Dysfunction and Mental Illness | 151 |
The Puzzle of Consciousness | 187 |
Could an Electronic Machine Be Conscious? | 227 |
Language Science Politics and Art | 253 |
Neurotechnology and Human Life | 299 |
Selected Bibliography | 325 |
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