第二の性質：脳科学と人間の知識 Second Nature : Brain Science and Human Knowledge

Edelman, Gerald M.

Yale University Press（2007/11発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 224 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780300125948
• DDC分類 612.8

基本説明

New in paperback. Hardcover was published in 2006. It was William James's dream that physiology, psychology and philosophy be joined into a single discipline, and in Second Nature this dream of a brain based epistemology is brought closer than ever to realization. For anyone who is interested in human consciousness, this is required reading. Oliver Sacks, author of the man who mistook his wife for Han.

Full Description

A renowned neuroscientist explains how our brains and bodies give rise to knowledge, creativity, and mental experience

Burgeoning advancements in brain science are opening up new perspectives on how we acquire knowledge. Indeed, it is now possible to explore consciousness—the very center of human concern—by scientific means. In this illuminating book, Dr. Gerald M. Edelman offers a new theory of knowledge based on striking scientific findings about how the brain works. And he addresses the related compelling question: Does the latest research imply that all knowledge can be reduced to scientific description?
Edelman's brain-based approach to knowledge has rich implications for our understanding of creativity, of the normal and abnormal functioning of the brain, and of the connections among the different ways we have of knowing. While the gulf between science and the humanities and their respective views of the world has seemed enormous in the past, the author shows that their differences can be dissolved by considering their origins in brain functions. He foresees a day when brain-based devices will be conscious, and he reflects on this and other fascinating ideas about how we come to know the world and ourselves.