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, HC runder Rücken kaschiert, 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

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

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: The exact science of the hard matter2.1 General Aspects2.2 Examining, Controlling, and VerifyingChapter 3: Between Psyche and Mind3.1 Recollection3.2 Talking to the mind and mind-talkingChapter 4: Medicine on, of, and off the brain4.1 Disease and Disorder, Illness and Issue4.2 To treat, To heal, To cureChapter 5: Brain, Culture, and Society5.1 Context and Situation5.2 Father Nature, Mother NurtureChapter 6: Perception and Cognition6.1 The mind-body problem: a general overview6.2 Perceiving, seeing, evidencing, understandingChapter 7: Conclusion: Philosophy as basic approach toward Neuroscience7.1 Preliminary discussion7.2 The Triple-S Model: Self, Soul, Spirit

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).