What makes us think? : a neuroscientist and a philosopher argue about ethics, human nature, and the brain

목차 (Table of Contents)

• CONTENTS
• Translator's Note = ⅶ
• Prelude = ⅸ
• 1 A Necessary Encounter = 3
• Knowledge and Wisdom = 3
• Knowledge of the Brain and Self - Knowledge = 10
• The Biological and the Normative = 26
• 2 Body and Mind : In Search of a Common Discourse = 33
• The Cartesian Ambiguity = 33
• The Contribution of the Neurosciences = 41
• Toward a Third Kind of Discourse? = 63
• 3 The Neuronal Model and the Test of Experience = 70
• The Simple and the Complex : Questions of Method = 70
• The Human Brain : Complexity, Hierarchy, Spontaneity = 75
• Mental Objects : Chimera or Link? = 93
• Is a Neuronal Theory of Knowledge Possible? = 110
• Understanding Better by Explaining More = 125
• 4 Consciousness of Oneself and of Others = 134
• Conscious Space = 134
• The Question of Memory = 138
• Comprehension of Oneself and of Others = 154
• Mind or Matter? = 169
• 5 The Origins of Morality = 179
• Darwinian Evolution and Moral Norms = 179
• The First Structures of Morality = 195
• From Biological History to Cultural History : Valuing the Individual = 202
• 6 Desire and Norms = 212
• Natural Dispositions to Ethical Systems = 212
• The Biological Bases of Rules of Conduct = 222
• Passage to the Norm = 239
• 7 Ethical Universality and Cultural Conflict = 257
• The Natural Foundations of an Ethics of Debate = 257
• Religion and Violence = 259
• Paths of Tolerance = 272
• The Scandal of Evil = 279
• Toward an Ethics of Deliberation : The Example of Advisory Committees on Bioethics = 298
• Art as Peacemaker = 303
• Fugue = 311
• Notes = 313
• Index = 327