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Self-consciousness and "split" brains : the minds' I /

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Elizabeth Schechter explores the implications of the experience of people who have had the pathway between the two hemispheres of their brain severed, and argues that there are in fact two minds, subjects of experience, and intentional agents inside each split-brain human being: right and left. But...

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Main Author: Schechter, Elizabeth (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Subjects:
Self-consciousness (Awareness)
Split brain.
Conscience de soi.
Cerveau dédoublé.
PHILOSOPHY > Mind & Body.
PSYCHOLOGY > Personality.
Split brain
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Elizabeth Schechter explores the implications of the experience of people who have had the pathway between the two hemispheres of their brain severed, and argues that there are in fact two minds, subjects of experience, and intentional agents inside each split-brain human being: right and left. But each split-brain subject is still one of us.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 295 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780192537508
0192537504