The Neuroethics of Memory - From Total Recall to Oblivion

Informationen zum Autor Walter Glannon is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Calgary, Canada. He has served as a clinical ethicist at three different hospitals and has held academic appointments at McGill University and the University of British Columbia. He is also the author or editor of ten books, including Free Will and the Brain: Neuroscientific, Philosophical, and Legal Perspectives (Cambridge, 2015). Klappentext Provides a thematically integrated analysis and discussion of neuroethical questions about memory capacity, content, and interventions. Zusammenfassung Using a framework informed by neuroscience! psychology! and philosophy! this book addresses a range of metaphysical! ethical! and legal issues in modelling and modifying human memory. Its arguments and conclusions will interest clinical neuroscientists! psychologists! philosophers! and legal theorists. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Memory systems and memory stages; 2. Agency, identity and dementia; 3. Anesthesia, amnesia and recall; 4. Disorders of memory content and interventions; 5. Disorders of memory capacity and interventions; 6. Legal issues involving memory; Epilogue. The future of memory.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Walter Glannon, Walter (University of Calgary) Glannon, Glannon Walter
• Editore: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.07.2019
• EAN: 9781107131972
• ISBN: 978-1-107-13197-2
• Pagine: 242
• Dimensioni: 155 mm x 235 mm x 10 mm
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Medicina; Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Mind, PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, Cognition & cognitive psychology, Neurosciences, Cognition and cognitive psychology, Medical ethics and professional conduct, Medical ethics & professional conduct, Legal Ethics & Professional Conduct, Legal ethics and professional conduct