03422nam 2200685Ia 450 991077801510332120200520144314.00-674-02941-010.4159/9780674029415(CKB)1000000000787174(EBL)3300451(SSID)ssj0000221668(PQKBManifestationID)11197614(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000221668(PQKBWorkID)10183467(PQKB)10981938(Au-PeEL)EBL3300451(CaPaEBR)ebr10318444(OCoLC)842961374(DE-B1597)586311(DE-B1597)9780674029415(MiAaPQ)EBC3300451(OCoLC)1322125002(EXLCZ)99100000000078717420030821d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe physiology of truth[electronic resource] neuroscience and human knowledge /Jean-Pierre Changeux ; translated by M.B. DeBevoiseCambridge, MA Belknap Press of Harvard University Press20041 online resource (336 p.)Mind/Brain/Behavior InitiativeDescription based upon print version of record.0-674-03260-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-303) and index.""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""1 Thinking Matter""; ""2 The Acquisition of Knowledge""; ""3 States of Consciousness""; ""4 Knowledge and Social Life""; ""5 From Genes to Brain""; ""6 Neuronal Epigenesis and Cultural Evolution""; ""7 Scientific Research and the Search for Truth""; ""8 The Humanity of Science""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Credits""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Index"""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 naïve confusion; it is a characteristic feature of human cognition throughout evolution, and the scientific method its most sophisticated embodiment. Seeking to reconcile science and humanism, Changeux holds that the capacity to recognize truths that are independent of subjective personal experience constitutes the foundation of a human civil society."Mind/Brain/Behavior InitiativeNeurosciencesBrainPhysiologyKnowledge, Theory ofMind-brain identity theoryScienceMethodologyNeurosciences.BrainPhysiology.Knowledge, Theory of.Mind-brain identity theory.ScienceMethodology.612.8CC 4400rvkChangeux Jean-Pierre143934MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778015103321The physiology of truth3841818UNINA