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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... problems that no other animal can solve. The only possible answer is that this came about because we have something that they do not. Yet we find this difficult to accept. As we are perched here at the beginning of the twenty-first ...
... problem with a pure nativist view that the mind possesses ideas that are only inborn and not derived from external sources. The limits on this idea had been foreshadowed by Hebb. Experience. About the same time as Sperry was fine-tuning ...
... problem, the origin of the phrase “necessity is the mother of invention.” Of the two ways to outfox a predator, one is to be bigger and faster—an unworkable option. The other is to live in large groups, increasing both surveillance and ...
... problems , leading to domain - general abilities that are uniquely human . The result is an explosion of ability and ... problem : What is going on in the brain to produce this magnificent ability that humans have , how did it come about ...
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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