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The Physiology of Truth : Neuroscience and Human Knowledge.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Mind/Brain/Behavior Initiative SeriesPublisher: Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2004Copyright date: ©2002Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (333 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780674029415
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Physiology of TruthDDC classification:
  • 612.8
LOC classification:
  • RC343
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Thinking Matter -- 2. The Acquisition of Knowledge -- 3. States of Consciousness -- 4. Knowledge and Social Life -- 5. From Genes to Brain -- 6. Neuronal Epigenesis and Cultural Evolution -- 7. Scientific Research and the Search for Truth -- 8. The Humanity of Science -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Credits -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Summary: Changeux confronts an ancient philosophical problem: can we know the world as it really is? Drawing on new findings on the psychophysiology of perception and judgment in primates, and on the cultural history of science, he makes a case for scientific progress and argues that it forms the basis for a coherent and universal theory of human rights.
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Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Thinking Matter -- 2. The Acquisition of Knowledge -- 3. States of Consciousness -- 4. Knowledge and Social Life -- 5. From Genes to Brain -- 6. Neuronal Epigenesis and Cultural Evolution -- 7. Scientific Research and the Search for Truth -- 8. The Humanity of Science -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Credits -- Acknowledgments -- Index.

Changeux confronts an ancient philosophical problem: can we know the world as it really is? Drawing on new findings on the psychophysiology of perception and judgment in primates, and on the cultural history of science, he makes a case for scientific progress and argues that it forms the basis for a coherent and universal theory of human rights.

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