Homme de Vï¿½ritï¿½

Name: Homme de Vï¿½ritï¿½
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ISBN: 9780674032606

ISBN-10: 0674032608

ISBN-13: 9780674032606

Edition: 2004

Authors: Jean-Pierre Changeux, Malcolm DeBevoise

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In this wide-ranging book, one of the boldest thinkers in modern neuroscience confronts an ancient philosophical problem: can we know the world as it really is?Drawing on provocative new findings about the psychophysiology of perception and judgment in both human and nonhuman primates, and also on the cultural history of science, Jean-Pierre Changeux makes a powerful case for the reality of scientific progress and argues that it forms the basis for a coherent and universal theory of human rights. On this view, belief in objective knowledge is not a mere ideological slogan or a nave confusion; it is a characteristic feature of human cognition throughout evolution, and the scientific method…

Book details

List price: $26.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 3/31/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 6.13" wide x 9.25" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



Introduction



Thinking Matter



The Acquisition of Knowledge



States of Consciousness



Knowledge and Social Life



From Genes to Brain



Neuronal Epigenesis and Cultural Evolution



Scientific Research and the Search for Truth



The Humanity of Science


Conclusion


Notes


Credits


Acknowledgments


Index