Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., Pragmatism and Neuroscience

AvJay Schulkin

Inbunden, Engelska, 2019

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This book explores the cultures of philosophy and the law as they interact with neuroscience and biology, through the perspective of American jurist Oliver Wendell Holmes’ Jr., and the pragmatist tradition of John Dewey.

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Utgivningsdatum:2019-08-29
Mått:148 x 210 x 25 mm
Vikt:588 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:355
Förlag:Springer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN:9783030230999

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Dr Jay Schulkin is a Research Professor in the Department of Neuroscience as well as a member at the Center for the Brain Basis of Cognition, both at Georgetown University, USA. He is the author of a number of books, including Roots of Social Sensibility and Neural Function (2000), Naturalism and Pragmatism (2012), and Reflections on the Musical Mind (2013). He received his PhD in Behavioral Neuroscience from the University of Pennsylvania, USA.

Innehållsförteckning

1. Introduction.- 2. Holmes' Critical Experience in War.- 3. Experience, Inference and Surviving.- 4. Holmes, Pragmatism and Nature.- 5. Duty, Surviving, Social Contract.- 6. Emersonian Sensibilities.- 7. Bounded Choice, Human Freedom and Problem Solving.- 8. Naturalizing Decision-Making.- 9. Ethics, Body Politic, and Neuroscience.- 10. Neuroscientific Considerations and the Law.- 11. Conclusion.