087572
New York
1953
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meki
316
engleski
Price: 18,00 EUR
Man on His Nature is a philosophical and scientific work written by Nobel Prize winner Sir Charles Sherrington. It was first published in 1940 and is based on his Gifford Lectures given at the University of Edinburgh between 1937 and 1938. The book presents a profound reflection on the nature of mind, life and matter from the perspective of one of the most important neurophysiologists in history. Sherrington contrasts the modern scientific view with that of Jean Fernel, a 16th-century French physician. Through this contrast, he shows how much our ideas about the "mystery of life" and human existence have changed. Sherrington explores how the conscious mind emerges from the physical structure of the brain. Although he was a leading scientist, in this book he acknowledges the limitations of pure physiology in explaining subjective experience. He introduced the metaphor of the brain as a "democracy of millions" of neurons working together to produce coherent thoughts and actions, rather than a single central controller. The book also addresses issues of natural theology, exploring moral intuitions and man's place in the universe within the framework of natural science. Although some of the scientific insights in the book are outdated (it was written before the discovery of the structure of DNA), it remains a classic because of Sherrington's lyrical writing style and deep philosophical questions about consciousness that are still relevant in neuroscience today.
