Am I Just My Brain? - Couverture souple

Sharon Dirckx

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 178498275X ISBN 13 : 9781784982751

Editeur : The Good Book Company, 2019

Synopsis

Modern research is uncovering more and more detail of what our brain is and how it works. We are living, thinking creatures who carry around with us an amazing organic supercomputer in our heads.

But what is the relationship between our brains and our minds-and ultimately our sense of identity as a person? Are we more than machines? Is free-will an illusion? Do we have a soul?

Brain scientist Sharon Dirckx lays out the current understanding of who we are from biologists, philosophers, theologians and psychologists, and points towards a bigger picture, that suggests answers to the fundamental questions of our existence. Not just ""What am I?"", but ""Who am I?""-and ""Why am I?""

Read this book to gain valuable insight into what modern research is telling us about ourselves, or to give a sceptical friend to challenge the idea that we are merely material beings living in a material world.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Sharon Dirckx has a PhD in brain imaging and held research positions at Oxford, Cambridge and in the USA. She is now Senior Tutor at OCCA in Oxford.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: The Good Book Company
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 178498275X
• ISBN 13: 9781784982751
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 160
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible