How Brains Make up Their Minds |
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| Author:
| Freeman, Walter |
| Series title: | Maps of the Mind Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-231-12008-1 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2001 |
| Publisher: | Columbia University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $37.00 |
Book Description:
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Walter J. Freeman explores how we control our behavior and make sense of the world around us. Avoiding determinism both in sociobiology, which proposes that persons' genes control their brains' functioning, and in neuroscience, which posits that their brains' disposition is molded by chemistry and environmental forces, Freeman charts a new course-one that gives individuals due credit and responsibility for their actions.
Walter J. Freeman explores how we control our behavior and make sense of the world around us. Avoiding determinism both in sociobiology, which proposes that persons' genes control their brains' functioning, and in neuroscience, which posits that their brains' disposition is molded by chemistry and environmental forces, Freeman charts a new course-one that gives individuals due credit and responsibility for their actions.