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""...accurate and commendably up to date."" -- Nature ""...one of the most measured, reasonable and clear introductions to the current state of brain research and its implications for who and what we are."" -- Financial Times ""This book provides an excellent overview and introduction to the fascinating subject of neurophilosophy...Churchland has succeeded in creating a thought-provoking and impassioned exploration of how our brain works and what that says about us."" -- The Biologist ""...the philosopher Patricia Churchland defies her neuro-fundamentalist reputation to present a supremely measured, sensible and readable account of the brain's role in making us who we are."" -- Julian Baggani, Books of the Year 2013 - The Observer

A spellbinding journey into the workings of the human brain and the relevance of neuroscience to our daily lives. It will interest anyone who thinks that good philosophy needs be grounded in good science or who is simply curious about how understanding the brain can help us make sense of the human condition. A terrific read! --David Livingstone Smith, author of Less than Human: Why We Demean, Enslave and Exterminate Others

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Patricia Churchland is the author of Touching a Nerve: Our Brains, Our Selves. She is professor emerita of philosophy at the University of California, San Diego, and the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship.

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