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Offers a theory of knowledge based on scientific findings about how the brain works and addresses the related compelling question: does the research imply that all knowledge can be reduced to scientific description?

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"'It was William James's dream that physiology, psychology and philosophy be joined into a single discipline, and in Second Nature, the latest volume in Gerald M. Edelman's seminal series of books on Neural Darwinism, this dream of a brain-based epistemology is brought closer than ever to realization. For anyone who is interested in human consciousness, this is required reading.' Oliver Sacks, author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat"

Second Nature Brain Science and Human Knowledge

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      Publisher Yale University Press
      Published 16 November 2007
      ISBN-13 9780300125948
      978-0300125948
      ISBN-10 0300125941
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      Medicine / Healthcare: general issues / topics Philosophy of mind

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Offers a theory of knowledge based on scientific findings about how the brain works and addresses the related compelling question: does the research imply that all knowledge can be reduced to scientific description?

      Trade Review
      "'It was William James's dream that physiology, psychology and philosophy be joined into a single discipline, and in Second Nature, the latest volume in Gerald M. Edelman's seminal series of books on Neural Darwinism, this dream of a brain-based epistemology is brought closer than ever to realization. For anyone who is interested in human consciousness, this is required reading.' Oliver Sacks, author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat"

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