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Mental Objects: Chimera or Link?
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Jean-Pierre Changeux
and Paul Ricoeur
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter C
- Contents v
- Translator’s Note vii
- Prelude ix
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1. A Necessary Encounter
- Knowledge and Wisdom 3
- Knowledge of the Brain and Self-Knowledge 10
- The Biological and the Normative 26
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2. Body and Mind: In Search of a Common Discourse
- The Cartesian Ambiguity 33
- The Contribution of the Neurosciences 41
- Toward a Third Kind of Discourse? 63
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3. The Neuronal Model and the Test of Experience
- The Simple and the Complex: Questions of Method 70
- The Human Brain: Complexity, Hierarchy, Spontaneity 75
- Mental Objects: Chimera or Link? 93
- Is a Neuronal Theory of Knowledge Possible? 110
- Understanding Better by Explaining More 125
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4. Consciousness of Oneself and of Others
- Conscious Space 134
- The Question of Memory 138
- Comprehension of Oneself and of Others 154
- Mind or Matter? 169
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5. The Origins of Morality
- Darwinian Evolution and Moral Norms 179
- Darwinian Evolution and Moral Norms 195
- From Biological History to Cultural History: Valuing the Individual 202
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6. Desire and Norms
- Natural Dispositions to Ethical Systems 212
- Natural Dispositions to Ethical Systems 222
- Passage to the Norm 239
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7. Ethical Universality and Cultural Conflict
- The Natural Foundations of an Ethics of Debate 257
- Religion and Violence 259
- Paths of Tolerance 272
- The Scandal of Evil 279
- Toward an Ethics of Deliberation: The Example of Advisory Committees on Bioethics 298
- Art as Peacemaker 303
- Fugue 311
- Notes 313
- Index 327
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter C
- Contents v
- Translator’s Note vii
- Prelude ix
-
1. A Necessary Encounter
- Knowledge and Wisdom 3
- Knowledge of the Brain and Self-Knowledge 10
- The Biological and the Normative 26
-
2. Body and Mind: In Search of a Common Discourse
- The Cartesian Ambiguity 33
- The Contribution of the Neurosciences 41
- Toward a Third Kind of Discourse? 63
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3. The Neuronal Model and the Test of Experience
- The Simple and the Complex: Questions of Method 70
- The Human Brain: Complexity, Hierarchy, Spontaneity 75
- Mental Objects: Chimera or Link? 93
- Is a Neuronal Theory of Knowledge Possible? 110
- Understanding Better by Explaining More 125
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4. Consciousness of Oneself and of Others
- Conscious Space 134
- The Question of Memory 138
- Comprehension of Oneself and of Others 154
- Mind or Matter? 169
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5. The Origins of Morality
- Darwinian Evolution and Moral Norms 179
- Darwinian Evolution and Moral Norms 195
- From Biological History to Cultural History: Valuing the Individual 202
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6. Desire and Norms
- Natural Dispositions to Ethical Systems 212
- Natural Dispositions to Ethical Systems 222
- Passage to the Norm 239
-
7. Ethical Universality and Cultural Conflict
- The Natural Foundations of an Ethics of Debate 257
- Religion and Violence 259
- Paths of Tolerance 272
- The Scandal of Evil 279
- Toward an Ethics of Deliberation: The Example of Advisory Committees on Bioethics 298
- Art as Peacemaker 303
- Fugue 311
- Notes 313
- Index 327