Raymond Tallis

Reflections of a Metaphysical Flaneur

and Other Essays

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

More characteristic wit, wisdom and cerebral fisticuffs from one of the country's most stimulating intellectuals.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Mai 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 128mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 352g
• ISBN-13: 9781844656660
• ISBN-10: 1844656667
• Artikelnr.: 37247030

Autorenporträt

Raymond Tallis

Inhaltsangabe

Overture: Reflections of a Metaphysical Flaneur Part I: Brains, Persons and
Beasts 1. Am I My Brain? 2. Was Schubert a Musical Brain? 3. Wickedness and
Wit: Is It All in the Brain? 4. Are Conscious Machines Possible? 5. David
Chalmers's Unsuccessful Search for the Conscious Mind 6. A Conversation
with My Neighbour 7. Silk: Metamorphoses Beyond Biology Part II: Philosophy
and Physics 8. Should We Just Shut Up and Calculate? Does Physics Need
Philosophy? 9. You Chemical Scum, You 10. Did Time Begin with a Bang? 11. A
Hasty Report from a Tearing Hurry Part III: Philosophy and Physic 12.
Medical Ethics in the Real Mess of the Real World 13. On Caring and Not
Caring 14. Coinages of the Mind: Hallucinations 15. Becoming the Prisoners
of Our Free Choices 16. The Right to an Assisted Death Epilogue: And So to
Bed: Notes towards a Philosophy of Sleep from A to Zzzzzzz