Description: Further DetailsTitle: The Physiology of TruthCondition: NewSubtitle: Neuroscience and Human KnowledgeISBN-10: 0674032608EAN: 9780674032606ISBN: 9780674032606Publisher: The Belknap PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 03/01/2009Description: 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. On this view, belief in objective knowledge is not a mere ideological slogan or a naïve confusion; it is a characteristic feature of human cognition throughout evolution, and the scientific method its most sophisticated embodiment. Seeking to reconcile science and humanism, Changeux holds that the capacity to recognize truths that are independent of subjective personal experience constitutes the foundation of a human civil society.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 235mmItem Length: 156mmAuthor: Jean-Pierre ChangeuxTranslator: Malcolm DeBevoiseContributor: Malcolm DeBevoise (Translated by)Genre: Society & CultureBook Series: Mind/Brain/Behavior InitiativeRelease Year: 2009 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: The Physiology of Truth
Title: The Physiology of Truth
Subtitle: Neuroscience and Human Knowledge
ISBN-10: 0674032608
EAN: 9780674032606
ISBN: 9780674032606
Release Date: 03/01/2009
Release Year: 2009
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Translator: Malcolm DeBevoise
Contributor: Malcolm DeBevoise (Translated by)
Series: Mind/Brain/Behavior Initiative
Book Title: Physiology of Truth : Neuroscience and Human Knowledge
Number of Pages: 336 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication Year: 2009
Item Height: 0.9 in
Topic: Neuroscience, Mind & Body, Life Sciences / Neuroscience, Epistemology, Neuropsychology, Research & Methodology
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Philosophy, Science, Psychology, Medical
Item Weight: 17.9 Oz
Author: Jean-Pierre. Changeux
Item Length: 9 in
Item Width: 5.9 in
Book Series: Mind/Brain/Behavior Initiative Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
