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I am Not a Brain: Philosophy of Mind for the 21st Century
Markus Gabriel
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Description for I am Not a Brain: Philosophy of Mind for the 21st Century
Hardback. Many consider the nature of human consciousness to be one of the last great unsolved mysteries. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 135. .
Many consider the nature of human consciousness to be one of the last great unsolved mysteries. Why should the light turn on, so to speak, in human beings at all? And how is the electrical storm of neurons under our skull connected with our consciousness? Is the self only our brain's user interface, a kind of stage on which a show is performed that we cannot freely direct? In this book, philosopher Markus Gabriel challenges an increasing trend in the sciences towards neurocentrism, a notion which rests on the assumption that the self is identical to the brain. Gabriel raises ... Read more
Many consider the nature of human consciousness to be one of the last great unsolved mysteries. Why should the light turn on, so to speak, in human beings at all? And how is the electrical storm of neurons under our skull connected with our consciousness? Is the self only our brain's user interface, a kind of stage on which a show is performed that we cannot freely direct? In this book, philosopher Markus Gabriel challenges an increasing trend in the sciences towards neurocentrism, a notion which rests on the assumption that the self is identical to the brain. Gabriel raises ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Polity Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781509514755
SKU
V9781509514755
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About Markus Gabriel
Markus Gabriel was born in 1980 and studied in Heidelberg, Lisbon and New York. Since 2009 he has held the chair for Epistemology at the University of Bonn and with this appointment he became Germany's youngest philosophy professor. He is also the director of the International Center for Philosophy in Bonn.
Reviews for I am Not a Brain: Philosophy of Mind for the 21st Century
Challenging the lofty claims of many neuroscientists...Markus Gabriel has written a wonderfully polemical work. Its clearly developed arguments and lively examples are highly convincing. Die Welt It is a rare gift to be able to philosophize from first principles in a way that is neither patronizingly derivative nor technically arcane and in a manner that is accessible to ... Read more