How the SELF Controls Its BRAIN

Eccles, John C.

In this book the author has collected a number of his important works and added an extensive commentary relating his ideas to those of other prominentnames in the consciousness debate. The view presented here is that of a convinced dualist who challenges in a lively and humorous way the prevailing materialist "doctrines" of many recent works. Also included is a new attempt to explain mind-brain interaction via a quantum process affecting the release of neurotransmitters. John Eccles received a knighthood in 1958 and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine/Physiology in 1963. He has numerous other awards honouring his major contributions to neurophysiology.

Details

Published by: Springer

Publication Date: 2012-04-09

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9783642492266

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-49224-2

Dimensions: 205cm x133cm

Pages: 216