<p><div> <div> <p>This interdisciplinary book ties the historical work of Descartes to his successors through current research and critical overviews on the neuroscience of consciousness, the brain, and cognition.&nbsp; This text is the first historical survey to focus on the cohesions and discontinuities between historical and contemporary thinkers working in philosophy, physiology, psychology, and neuroscience.</p> <p>The book introduces and analyzes early discussions of consciousness, such as: metaphysical alternatives to scientific explanations of consciousness and its connection to brain activity; claims about the possibilities and limits of neuroscientific accounts of consciousness and cognition; and the proposition of a "non-reductive naturalism" concerning phenomenal consciousness and rationality. The author assesses the contributions of early philosophers and scientists on brain, consciousness and cognition, among them: Descartes, Malebranche, Spinoza, Leibniz, Locke, Newton, Haller, Kant, Fechner, Helmholtz and du Bois-Reymond.&nbsp; The work of these pioneers is related to that of modern researchers in physiology, psychology, neuroscience and philosophy of mind, including: Freud, Hilary Putnam, Herbert Feigl, Gerald Edelman, Jean-Pierre Changeux, Daniel Dennett and David Chalmers, amongst others. This text appeals to researchers and advanced students in the field.</p> </div> </div></p>

Soul, Mind and Brain from Descartes to Cognitive Science: A Critical History (SpringerBriefs in Philosophy)

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Pecere, Paolo

Philosophy

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Il Senso Della Natura: Sette Sentieri Per La Terra

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Soul, Mind and Brain from Descartes to Cognitive Science: A Critical History (SpringerBriefs in Philosophy)

Il Senso Della Natura: Sette Sentieri Per La Terra