Book 2013

Touching a nerve

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Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company
Language: English
Published: 2013

Brain
Philosophy
Cognitive science
Neuropsychology

What 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.