The World According To Homo Sapiens - Couverture souple

Sullivan, Philip

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0595346022 ISBN 13 : 9780595346028

Editeur : Parlux, 2005

Synopsis

Do we see the world as it really is, or is the world of our experience mere illusion? That question has fascinated reflective people since ancient times. Modern neuroscience has finally provided the definitive answer-it's both-and The World According To Homo Sapiens explains how this comes to be so.Aimed primarily at a sophisticated general readership interested in how the human brain works, Homo Sapiens is written in a good-humored conversational style, using only the occasional well-explained technical term. At the same time, however, it clearly has innovative things to say to specialists in the theory-of-mind.Homo Sapiens deals with three pivotal issues of the new brain-science, each selected because of its inherent interest to general readers: PART I focuses on our systematic human illusions about 'What Is'; PART II develops a biologically based grounding for human moral choice; and PART III addresses the unresolved enigma of human consciousness-how we are to account for the presence of this amazing property in the naturalized world of modern science.

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À propos de l?auteur

Doctor Sullivan has been a practicing psychiatrist since 1961. He has also held a clinical professorship at Harvard Medical School, teaching both neuroscience and clinical psychiatry. He lives in a country abode where he raises sheep, observes the workings of nature, and frequently ponders the BIG questions concerning human existence.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Parlux
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0595346022
• ISBN 13: 9780595346028
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 280
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• Personne responsable: non disponible