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Paul Churchland
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Author : Brian L. Keeley
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2006
Paul Churchland written by Brian L. Keeley and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Philosophy categories.
Offers an introduction to Churchland's work, alongside a critique of his most famous philosophical positions.
Matter And Consciousness
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Author : Paul M. Churchland
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 1988
Matter And Consciousness written by Paul M. Churchland and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with Philosophy categories.
In "Matter and Consciousness," Paul Churchland clearly presents the advantages and disadvantages of such difficult issues in philosophy of mind as behaviorism, reductive materialism, functionalism, and eliminative materialism. This new edition incorporates the striking developments that have taken place in neuroscience, cognitive science, and artificial intelligence and notes their expanding relevance to philosophical issues. Churchland organizes and clarifies the new theoretical and experimental results of the natural sciences for a wider philosophical audience, observing that this research bears directly on questions concerning the basic elements of cognitive activity and their implementation in real physical systems. (How is it, he asks, that living creatures perform some cognitive tasks so swiftly and easily, where computers do them only badly or not at all?) Most significant for philosophy, Churchland asserts, is the support these results tend to give to the reductive and the eliminative versions of materialism. "A Bradford Book"
The Engine Of Reason The Seat Of The Soul
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Author : Paul M. Churchland
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 1995
The Engine Of Reason The Seat Of The Soul written by Paul M. Churchland and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Medical categories.
This work summarizes results from neuroscience and recent work with artificial neural networks that together suggest a unified set of answers to questions about how the brain actually works; how it sustains a thinking, feeling, dreaming self; and how it sustains a self-conscious person.
A Neurocomputational Perspective
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Author : Paul M. Churchland
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 1992
A Neurocomputational Perspective written by Paul M. Churchland and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Philosophy categories.
"A Bradford book."Includes index. Bibliography: p. [305]-313.
Images Of Science
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Author : Bas C. Van Fraassen
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 1985-10-15
Images Of Science written by Bas C. Van Fraassen and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985-10-15 with Science categories.
"Churchland and Hooker have collected ten papers by prominent philosophers of science which challenge van Fraassen's thesis from a variety of realist perspectives. Together with van Fraassen's extensive reply . . . these articles provide a comprehensive picture of the current debate in philosophy of science between realists and anti-realists."—Jeffrey Bub and David MacCallum, Foundations of Physics Letters
Scientific Realism And The Plasticity Of Mind
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Author : Paul M. Churchland
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1979
Scientific Realism And The Plasticity Of Mind written by Paul M. Churchland and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with Philosophy categories.
A study in the philosophy of science, proposing a strong form of the doctrine of scientific realism' and developing its implications for issues in the philosophy of mind.
Braintrust
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Author : Patricia S. Churchland
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2018-05-22
Braintrust written by Patricia S. Churchland and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-22 with Philosophy categories.
What is morality? Where does it come from? And why do most of us heed its call most of the time? In Braintrust, neurophilosophy pioneer Patricia Churchland argues that morality originates in the biology of the brain. She describes the "neurobiological platform of bonding" that, modified by evolutionary pressures and cultural values, has led to human styles of moral behavior. The result is a provocative genealogy of morals that asks us to reevaluate the priority given to religion, absolute rules, and pure reason in accounting for the basis of morality. Moral values, Churchland argues, are rooted in a behavior common to all mammals--the caring for offspring. The evolved structure, processes, and chemistry of the brain incline humans to strive not only for self-preservation but for the well-being of allied selves--first offspring, then mates, kin, and so on, in wider and wider "caring" circles. Separation and exclusion cause pain, and the company of loved ones causes pleasure; responding to feelings of social pain and pleasure, brains adjust their circuitry to local customs. In this way, caring is apportioned, conscience molded, and moral intuitions instilled. A key part of the story is oxytocin, an ancient body-and-brain molecule that, by decreasing the stress response, allows humans to develop the trust in one another necessary for the development of close-knit ties, social institutions, and morality. A major new account of what really makes us moral, Braintrust challenges us to reconsider the origins of some of our most cherished values.
The Knowledge Argument
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Author : Sam Coleman
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2019-09-19
The Knowledge Argument written by Sam Coleman and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-09-19 with Philosophy categories.
A cutting-edge and groundbreaking set of new essays by top philosophers on key topics related to the ever-influential knowledge argument.
Paul Churchland And Eliminative Materialism
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Author : Brian Kobayashi
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1990
Paul Churchland And Eliminative Materialism written by Brian Kobayashi and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Philosophy of mind categories.
The Seat Of The Soul
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Author : Gary Zukav
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2014
The Seat Of The Soul written by Gary Zukav and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with New Age movement categories.
Explores a new phase of human evolution that reflects a growing understanding about authentic, spiritual power based on cooperative beliefs and a reverence for life.