Neurobiology of Human Values (Research and Perspectives in Neurosciences) by Jean-Pierre P. Changeux
Neurobiology of Human Values (Research and Perspectives in Neurosciences) by Jean-Pierre P. Changeux
English | Nov 14, 2005 | ISBN: 3540262539 | 166 Pages | PDF | 1 MB
English | Nov 14, 2005 | ISBN: 3540262539 | 166 Pages | PDF | 1 MB
Man has been pondering for centuries over the basis of his own ethical and aesthetic values. Until recent times, such issues were primarily fed by the thinking of philosophers, moralists and theologists, or by the findings of historians or sociologists relating to universality or variations in these values within various populations. Science has avoided this field of investigation within the confines of philosophy.
Beyond the temptation to stay away from the field of knowledge science may also have felt itself unconcerned by the study of human values for a simple heuristic reason, namely the lack of tools allowing objective study. For the same reason, researchers tended to avoid the study of feelings or consciousness until, over the past two decades, this became a focus of interest for many neuroscientists.