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Description edit
If the conscious mind—the part you consider to be you—is just the tip of the iceberg, what is the rest doing? In this sparkling and provocative new book, the renowned neuroscientist David Eagleman navigates the depths of the subconscious brain to illuminate surprising mysteries: Why can your... read more
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Summary edit
Nature vs nurture, little or no free will, the engine room of the brain, yes yes but stick with a point such as what should we do with the inmates that are brain damaged and likely to reoffend or even what is the likelihood that sex abusers can be rehabilitated? I kept waiting for the purpose... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
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“It cannot make sense for culpability to be determined by the limits of current technology. A legal system that declares a person culpable at the beginning of a decade, and not culpable at the end, is not one at which culpability carries a clear meaning. The heart of the problem is that it no longer makes sense to ask "to what extent was it his biology and to what extent was it HIM?". The question no longer makes sense because we now understand those to be the same thing.”
Table of Contents edit
1. There's Someone In My Head, But It's Not Me
2. The Testimony of the Senses: What Is Experience Really Like?
3. Mind: The Gap
4. The Brain is a Team of Rivals
6. Why Blameworthiness Is the Wrong Question
7. Life After the Monarchy
Series & Lists edit
This book is in Amazon.com Best Books of 2011. (authoritative list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- David Eagleman (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2011
ISBN: 978-0-307-37733-3
Page Count: 290
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2011
ISBN: 978-0-307-37733-3
Page Count: 290
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: BF315 E25 2011
- Dewey: 153
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