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The Physiology of Truth - Neuroscience and Human Knowledge (Paperback) Loot Price: R894
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The Physiology of Truth - Neuroscience and Human Knowledge (Paperback): Jean-Pierre Changeux

The Physiology of Truth - Neuroscience and Human Knowledge (Paperback)

Jean-Pierre Changeux; Translated by Malcolm DeBevoise

Series: Mind/Brain/Behavior Initiative

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In this wide-ranging book, one of the boldest thinkers in modern neuroscience confronts an ancient philosophical problem: can we know the world as it really is?

Drawing on provocative new findings about the psychophysiology of perception and judgment in both human and nonhuman primates, and also on the cultural history of science, Jean-Pierre Changeux makes a powerful case for the reality of scientific progress and argues that it forms the basis for a coherent and universal theory of human rights. On this view, belief in objective knowledge is not a mere ideological slogan or a naive confusion; it is a characteristic feature of human cognition throughout evolution, and the scientific method its most sophisticated embodiment. Seeking to reconcile science and humanism, Changeux holds that the capacity to recognize truths that are independent of subjective personal experience constitutes the foundation of a human civil society.

General

Imprint: The Belknap Press
Country of origin: United States
Series: Mind/Brain/Behavior Initiative
Release date: March 2009
First published: March 2009
Authors: Jean-Pierre Changeux
Translators: Malcolm DeBevoise
Dimensions: 235 x 156 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 336
ISBN-13: 978-0-674-03260-6
Languages: English
Subtitles: French
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Physiological & neuro-psychology
LSN: 0-674-03260-8
Barcode: 9780674032606

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