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.
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