Exploring the relevance of biological discovery to philosophical topics such as perception, freedom, determinism, and ethical values, J.Z. Young's provocative book illuminates the significant links between these philosophical concepts and recent developments in biology and the neurosciences. In clear-cut language, Young describes the brain and its functions, examining questions concerning physical makeup versus "real" self, the awareness of our moral sense, and how human consciousness differs from that of other animals. He approaches perception not as a passive process but as an active search for information, suggesting that human knowledge develops from a special process--essential to all organisms--of gathering information for survival.

Philosophy and the Brain

J Z Young

Oxford University Press

Doubt and Certainty in Science (Galaxy Books)

Oxford Univ. Press

THE LIFE OF VERTEBRATES, 3RD ED.

CAMBRIDGE

Oxford 1964 1st. Being the William Withering Lectures delivered to the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Birmingham 1960 with the title Mechanisms of Learning and form Discrimination. 8vo., 348pp., index. Owner name stamp on front free blank. VG in VG DJ.

Model of the Brain

Science & Math

Nature & Ecology

The author describes the structure and function of the human brain as it pertains to memory.

The Memory System of the Brain

Biological Sciences

An explanation of the functions, capacities, and mechanisms of the brain, as that organ affects all human thought and activity

Programs of the Brain (Gifford Lectures)

Business & Money

Economics

Life of Mammals Vol. 4

Evolution of Memory (Biological Readers)

J J Head

Carolina Biological Supply Company

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