Self-consciousness and "split" Brains

Self-consciousness and
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 312
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ISBN-10 : 9780198809654
ISBN-13 : 0198809654
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Book Synopsis Self-consciousness and "split" Brains by : Elizabeth Schechter

Download or read book Self-consciousness and "split" Brains written by Elizabeth Schechter and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.--


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