Facing Reality Philosophical Adventures by a Brain Scientist
The titling of this book - "Facing Reality" - came to me unbidden, presumably from my subconscious! But, when it came, it seemed to be right, because that essentially is what I am trying to do in this book. " Facing" is to be understood in the sense of "looking at in a stead...
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| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Springer New York
1970, 1970
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1970 |
| Series: | Heidelberg Science Library
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- I Introduction: Man, Brain and Science
- II The Neuronal Machinery of the Brain
- III Synaptic Mechanisms Possibly Concerned in Learning and Memory
- IV The Experiencing Self
- V The Brain and the Unity of Conscious Experience
- VI Evolution and the Conscious Self
- VII The Understanding of Nature
- VIII Man, Freedom and Creativity
- IX The Necessity of Freedom for the Free Flowering of Science
- X The Brain and the Soul
- XI Education and the World of Objective Knowledge
- XII Epilogue
- References