On being human : why mind matters /

"Kagan ponders a series of important nodes of debate while challenging us to examine what we know and why we know it. Most critically he presents an elegant argument for functions of mind that cannot be replaced with sentences about brains while acknowledging that mind emerges from brain activi...

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Main Author: Kagan, Jerome (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2016]
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Table of Contents:
  • Schemata and words
  • What does it mean to know?
  • Settings matter
  • Status gradients
  • Hyping genes
  • Can brain explain mind?
  • The family's contribution
  • On spruce trees and cats
  • What is education for?
  • Expectations
  • The force of feelings
  • Does a moral person behave morally?