Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., Pragmatism and Neuroscience

by Jay Schulkin

Book Overview

This book explores the cultures of philosophy and the law as they interact with neuroscience and biology, through the perspective of American jurist Oliver Wendell Holmes' Jr., and the pragmatist tradition of John Dewey. Schulkin proposes that human problem solving and the law are tied to a naturalistic, realistic and an anthropological understanding of the human condition. The situated character of legal reasoning, given its complexity,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 303023102X
• ISBN13: 9783030231026
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 355 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.3"