Evolution of the Brain - Creation of the Self

Zusatztext 'An extraordinary achievement! and an excellent book.' - Sir Karl Popper'A valuable contribution to a debate of considerable significance.' - Dr John Polkinghorne! Queen's College! Cambridge'Epoch-making book ... a monumental achievement of synthesis and analysis! a fitting culmination to a lifetime devoted to understanding the human brain and the nature of the self.' - The Scientific and Medical Network Informationen zum Autor Sir John Eccles has written many books on the development of the human brain. Klappentext Sir John Eccles, a distinguished scientist and Nobel Prize winner who has devoted his scientific life to the study of the mammalian brain, tells the story of how we came to be, not only as animals at the end of the hominid evolutionary line, but also as human persons possessed of reflective consciousness. Zusammenfassung Sir John Eccles tells the story of how we came to be, not only as animals at the end of the hominid evolutionary line, but also as humans possessed of reflective consciousness. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword. Preface. Acknowledgements. List of Abbreviations. Biological evolution. The general story of human evolution. Evolution of hominid brain: bipedality; agility. Linguistic communication in hominid evolution. Cerebral limbic system in relation to the evolution of the reproductive and emotional systems. Visuo-motor evolution: artistic creativity. Evolution of learning and memory. The mind-brain problem in evolution. The self and its brain. The human person. Addendum. References. Subject index and Glossary.

Product details

• Authors: John Eccles, John C Eccles, John C. Eccles
• Publisher: Routledge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.1991
• EAN: 9780415032247
• ISBN: 978-0-415-03224-7
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 235 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > General, dictionaries; PHILOSOPHY / General, PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Neuroscience, Anthropology, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Neuropsychology, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Psychological theory, systems, schools and viewpoints, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Physiological and neuro-psychology, biopsychology, Psychological theory & schools of thought