Autor: Patricia S. Churchland

A provocative new account of how morality evolved What is morality? Where does it come from? And why do most of us heed its call most of the time? In Braintrust, neurophilosophy pioneer Patricia Chur …

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Any mention of the relationship, still poorly understood, between body (or brain) and mind invariably invokes the name of Descartes, who is often thought of as the father of modern philosophy and …

An anniversary edition of the classic work that influenced a generation of neuroscientists and cognitive neuroscientists.Before The Computational Brain was published in 1992, conceptual frameworks …

Progress in the neurosciences is profoundly changing our conception of ourselves. Contrary to time-honored intuition, the mind turns out to be a complex of brain functions. And contrary to the …

Churchland and Sejnowski address the foundational ideas of the emerging field of computational neuroscience, examine a diverse range of neural network models, and consider future directions of the …

Paul and Patricia Churchland take on their critics-with verve, combativeness, and generosity.Paul M. and Patricia S. Churchland are towering figures in the fields of philosophy, neuroscience, and …

A new edition of Quine’s most important work.Willard Van Orman Quine begins this influential work by declaring, "Language is a social art. In acquiring it we have to depend entirely on …

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