Bennett / Hacker History of Cognitive Neuroscience

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-118-39429-8
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 332 Seiten, E-Book

History of Cognitive Neuroscience documents the majorneuroscientific experiments and theories over the last century anda half in the domain of cognitive neuroscience, and evaluates thecogency of the conclusions that have been drawn from them.
* Provides a companion work to the highly acclaimedPhilosophical Foundations of Neuroscience - combiningscientific detail with philosophical insights
* Views the evolution of brain science through the lens of itsprincipal figures and experiments
* Addresses philosophical criticism of Bennett and Hacker'sprevious book
* Accompanied by more than 100 illustrations

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bennett, M. R.

Hacker, P. M. S.

Über Autor(innen)

M. R. Bennett is Professor of Neuroscience, University Chairand Scientific Director of the Brain and Mind Research Institute atthe University of Sydney. He is the author of many papers and bookson neuroscience as well as the history and philosophy ofneuroscience, including The Idea of Consciousness (1997) andA History of the Synapse (2001). He is past President of theInternational Society for Autonomic Neuroscience, past President ofthe Australian Neuroscience Society, as well as the recipient ofnumerous awards for his research, including the Neuroscience Medal,the Ramaciotti Medal, the Macfarlane Burnet Medal and the Order ofAustralia.
P. M. S. Hacker is an Emeritus Research Fellow of StJohn's College, Oxford, UK. He is the author of numerousbooks and articles on philosophy of the mind and philosophy oflanguage, and is the leading authority on the philosophy ofWittgenstein. Among his many publications is the four-volumeAnalytical Commentary on Wittgenstein's PhilosophicalInvestigations, and its epilogue, Wittgenstein's Place inTwentieth Century Analytic Philosophy. His most recent work isHuman Nature: The Categorial Framework, the first volume ofa trilogy on human nature.
Together, M. R. Bennet and P. M. S. Hacker have authored theacclaimed Philosophical Foundations of Neuroscience(Blackwell, 2003).