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Touching a Nerve

Paperback ā€¢ 2014 ā€¢ 1. edition

Touching a Nerve

By Patricia S. Churchland

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About the book

At the heart of Touching a Nerve is the question of what happens when we accept that everything we feel, think and experience stems not from an immaterial soul but from electrical and chemical activity in our brains. Patricia Churchland, one of the pioneers of neurophilosophy, explains what the latest brain research into consciousness, sensory experience, memory and free will can tell us about the enduring philosophical and ethical questions about what the self is, how our personalities are crea...Show more

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9780393349443

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WW Norton & Co

Published year

2014

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Touching a Nerve

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