Who's in Charge?: Free Will and the Science of the BrainHarper Collins, 15 nov 2011 - 313 pagina's “Big questions are Gazzaniga’s stock in trade.” “Gazzaniga is one of the most brilliant experimental neuroscientists in the world.” “Gazzaniga stands as a giant among neuroscientists, for both the quality of his research and his ability to communicate it to a general public with infectious enthusiasm.” The author of Human, Michael S. Gazzaniga has been called the “father of cognitive neuroscience.” In his remarkable book, Who’s in Charge?, he makes a powerful and provocative argument that counters the common wisdom that our lives are wholly determined by physical processes we cannot control. His well-reasoned case against the idea that we live in a “determined” world is fascinating and liberating, solidifying his place among the likes of Oliver Sacks, Antonio Damasio, V.S. Ramachandran, and other bestselling science authors exploring the mysteries of the human brain. |
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... universe . Physical laws govern the happenings in the physical world . We are part of that physical world . Therefore , there are physical laws that govern our behavior and even our conscious self. Determinism reigns—both physical and.
... behavior. Over the years, Gifford Lecturers have approached the issue of determinism from many different perspectives. The quantum physicists have said there is wiggle room on the idea of determinism ever since quantum mechanics ...
... behavior. We are going to end up, of all places, in the courtroom. Even with all the knowledge of physics, chemistry, biology, psychology, and all the rest, when the moving parts are viewed as a dynamic system, there is an undeniable ...
... behavior ? Why don't we simply view them as people who need to be fixed ? After all , he argues , if our car stalls and fails us , we don't beat it up and kick it . We fix it . Switch out the car for a horse that bucked you off . Now ...
... behavior of organisms or knowing what our evolved mental systems were selected to do, settling the question of “self” versus machine becomes a hopeless goal. As the great brain scientist David Marr observed, there is no way to ...
Inhoudsopgave
Chapter Two The Parallel and Distributed Brain | |
Chapter Three The Interpreter | |
Chapter Four Abandoning the Concept of Free Will | |
Chapter Five The Social Mind | |
Chapter Six We Are the | |
Chapter Seven An Afterword | |
Index | |
Also by Michael S Gazzaniga | |
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