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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Patricia Churchland (University of California, San Diego)Publisher: WW Norton & Co Imprint: WW Norton & Co Dimensions: Width: 16.30cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 24.40cm Weight: 0.500kg ISBN: 9781324000891ISBN 10: 1324000899 Pages: 272 Publication Date: 02 July 2019 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsConscience is illuminating, entertaining and wise. -- Nature No one blends philosophy and neuroscience as well as Patricia Churchland. Here she provides a much-needed correction to the usual emphasis on reasoning and logic in moral philosophy. Our judgements are guided by ancient intuitions and brain processes shared with other mammals. -- Frans de Waal ... her conclusion-that conscience is not as fixed or universal as we might like to think-is a fascinating and provocative one. -- Economia Conscience is illuminating, entertaining and wise. -- Nature No one blends philosophy and neuroscience as well as Patricia Churchland. Here she provides a much-needed correction to the usual emphasis on reasoning and logic in moral philosophy. Our judgements are guided by ancient intuitions and brain processes shared with other mammals. -- Frans de Waal No one blends philosophy and neuroscience as well as Patricia Churchland. Here she provides a much-needed correction to the usual emphasis on reasoning and logic in moral philosophy. Our judgements are guided by ancient intuitions and brain processes shared with other mammals.--Frans de Waal, author of Mama's Last Hug Patricia Churchland has done it again! She wisely guides readers on a lively romp through recent research in neuroscience, genetics, evolution, psychology, psychiatry, anthropology, economics, politics, and philosophy in order to reach a more complete understanding of how and why we can get along despite our deep disagreements about what is wrong or right. This fun and fascinating journey shows why morality cannot be fully understood without the wide variety of perspectives and of scientific information that this tour de force provides.--Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, author of Think Again Author InformationPatricia Churchland is the author of Touching a Nerve: Our Brains, Our Selves. She is professor emerita of philosophy at the University of California, San Diego, and the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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