My Brain Made Me Do It

by Sternberg, Eliezer J.

• ISBN13: 9781616141653
• ISBN10: 1616141654
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2010-03-23
• Publisher: Prometheus Books

Summary

Using illustrative examples from philosophy, mythology, history, and criminology, and with thorough discussions of actual scientific experiments, Sternberg attempts to answer the question: Are we truly in control of our actions?

Author Biography

Eliezer J. Sternberg is the author of Are You a Machine? The Brain, the Mind, and What It Means to Be Human. A recent graduate of Brandeis University, where he majored in neuroscience and philosophy, Sternberg is now at Tufts University School of Medicine.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 9
Acknowledgments	p. 15
Introduction	p. 17
The Nefarious Neuron	p. 21
The Shadow of Determinism	p. 27
The Essential Freedom	p. 35
A Tempest in the Brain	p. 43
Neurological Disturbance	p. 53
The Seat of the Will	p. 61
The Somatic-Marker Hypothesis	p. 67
The Readiness Potential	p. 77
The Grand Illusion	p. 87
Neuronal Destiny	p. 99
The Revolution of the Brain	p. 111
Seeds of Corruption	p. 121
Morality's End	p. 135
The Depths of Consciousness	p. 143
A Challenge for Experience	p. 155
The Boundlessness of Reason	p. 169
Rise of the Moral Agent	p. 185
The Palace of the Mind	p. 191
Further Readings	p. 201
Notes	p. 211
Bibliography	p. 227
Index	p. 239
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