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My Brain Made Me Do It
by Sternberg, Eliezer J.ISBN13:
9781616141653
ISBN10:
1616141654
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Trade Paper
Pub. Date:
3/23/2010
Publisher(s):
Prometheus Books
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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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