Neuro-Philosophy and the Healthy Mind: Learning from the Unwell Brain

by Georg Northoff

Book Overview

Can we "see" or "find" consciousness in the brain? How can we create working definitions of consciousness and subjectivity, informed by what contemporary research and technology have taught us about how the brain works? How do neuronal processes in the brain relate to our experience of a personal identity? Where does the brain end and the mind begin?

To explore these and other questions, esteemed philosopher and neuroscientist Georg Northoff...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393709388
• ISBN13: 9780393709384
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 4.4" x 7.2"