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In February and March 1978 I delivered my first series of Gifford Lectures in the University of Edinburgh. These lectures have been published under the title The Human Mystery. The second series of ten lectures were delivered from April 18 to May 4 1979 under the title The Human Psyche. As with the first series, the printed text is actually the manuscript prepared for those lectures, not some later compilation. The lectures were delivered informally, but based strictly on this manuscript. It is hoped that the printed text will convey the dramatic character of a lecture presenta­ tion. This book must not be regarded as a definitive text in neuroscience, psychology and philosophy, but rather as a series of 'adventures of ideas', to revive a Whiteheadean title. The brain-mind problem has been the theme of three recent books: The Self and Its Brain; The Human Mystery (in its latter part); and now The Human Psyche. In this book there is critical discussion in the first lecture of the materialist hypotheses of the relationship of the self-con­ scious mind to the brain. In the subsequent lectures the strong dualist-interactionism developed in The Self and Its Brain is explored in depth in relation to a wide variety of phenomena relating to self-consciousness. The aim has been to demonstrate the great explanatory power of dualist­ interactionism in contrast to the poverty and inadequacy of all varieties of the materialist theories of the mind.

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Author:   J. C. Eccles
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1980
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.447kg
ISBN:  

9783642492549

ISBN 10:   3642492541
Pages:   283
Publication Date:   09 April 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Lecture 1 Consciousness, Self-consciousness and the Brain-Mind Problem.- Résumé.- Lecture 2 Modules of the Neocortex and their Role in Dualist-Interactionism.- Résumé.- Lecture 3 Sensory Perception and Illusions.- Résumé.- Lecture 4 Electrical Responses of the Brain.- Résumé.- Lecture 5 The Emotional Brain.- Résumé.- Lecture 6 Brain Activity and Levels of Consciousness.- Résumé.- Lecture 7 World 3, Remembrance and Creativity.- Résumé.- Lecture 8 Altruism, Pseudaltruism and Aggression.- Résumé.- Lecture 9 The Quest for Values and Meaning.- Résumé.- Lecture 10 The Psyche, Freedom, Death and Immortality.- Résumé.- References.

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