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Author:   Raymond Tallis
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.476kg
ISBN:  

9781138135819

ISBN 10:   113813581
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   01 February 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Overture: Reflections of a Metaphysical Flaneur Part I: Brains, Persons and Beasts 1. Am I My Brain? 2. Was Schubert a Musical Brain? 3. Wickedness and Wit: Is It All in the Brain? 4. Are Conscious Machines Possible? 5. David Chalmers's Unsuccessful Search for the Conscious Mind 6. A Conversation with My Neighbour 7. Silk: Metamorphoses Beyond Biology Part II: Philosophy and Physics 8. Should We Just Shut Up and Calculate? Does Physics Need Philosophy? 9. You Chemical Scum, You 10. Did Time Begin with a Bang? 11. A Hasty Report from a Tearing Hurry Part III: Philosophy and Physic 12. Medical Ethics in the Real Mess of the Real World 13. On Caring and Not Caring 14. Coinages of the Mind: Hallucinations 15. Becoming the Prisoners of Our Free Choices 16. The Right to an Assisted Death Epilogue: And So to Bed: Notes towards a Philosophy of Sleep from A to Zzzzzzz

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