Critical Neuroscience and Philosophy

A Scientific Re-Examination of the Mind-Body Problem
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-3-030-35353-7
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 300 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 528 g

This book presents an analysis of the correlation between the mind and the body, a complex topic of study and discussion by scientists and philosophers. Drawing largely on neuroscience and philosophy, the author utilizes the scientific method and incorporates lessons learned from a vast array of sources. Based on the most recent cutting-edge scientific discoveries on the Mind-Body problem, Tomasi presents a full examination of multiple fields related to neuroscience. The volume offers a scientist-based and student-friendly journey into medicine, psychology, artificial intelligence, embodied cognition, and social, ecological and anthropological models of perception, to discover our truest self.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tomasi, David Låg

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Neurologie, Klinische Neurowissenschaft
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Neurowissenschaften, Kognitionswissenschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Kognitionspsychologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophie des Geistes, Neurophilosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction.- 2. The Exact Science of the Hard Matter.- 3. Between Psyche and Mind.- 4. Medicine on, of, and off the Brain.-5. Brain, Culture, Society.- 6. Perception and Cognition.- 7. Conclusion: Philosophy as Basic Approach Toward Neuroscience.

Über Autor(innen)

David Låg Tomasi is a licensed psychologist, psychotherapist, and medical scientist, teaching at the University of Vermont and the Community College of Vermont, USA. A member of several national and international Academies of Sciences, he is the author of Medical Philosophy: A Philosophical Analysis of Patient Self-Perception in Diagnosis and Therapy (2016) and Mind-Body Medicine in Inpatient Psychiatry (2020).