The escape of the mind / by Howard Rachlin.

Author/creator Rachlin, Howard
Format Book
PublicationNew York : Oxford University Press, [2014]
Descriptionxiv, 214 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subjects

Contents Acknowledgements -- Preface -- The invention of the mind (Plato) -- Mind and body (Aristotle) -- The separation of mind and body (Saint Augustine) -- The imprisonment of the mind (Descartes) -- The law of specific nerve energies (Müller) -- The re-emergence of the mind : extended cognition -- The evolution of altruism and self-control -- Teleological analysis of altruism and self-control -- Consciousness and behavior -- How to make IBM's computer watson human -- Commentaries: -- From contemporary philosophy of mind (McDowell) -- From radical behaviorism (Schlinger) -- Author's reply -- Shaping the coherent self : a moral achievement.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 199-205) and index.
LCCN 2013046958
ISBN9780199322350 (alk. paper)
ISBN019932235X (alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks BF161 .R2293 2014 ✔ Available Place Hold