Book description
History of Cognitive Neuroscience
documents the major neuroscientific experiments and theories over the
last century and a half in the domain of cognitive neuroscience, and
evaluates the cogency of the conclusions that have been drawn from them.
- Provides a companion work to the highly acclaimed Philosophical
Foundations of Neuroscience - combining scientific detail with
philosophical insights
- Views the evolution of brain science through the lens of its
principal figures and experiments
- Addresses philosophical criticism of Bennett and Hacker's previous book
- Accompanied by more than 100 illustrations
M. R. Bennett
is Professor of Neuroscience, University Chair and Scientific Director
of the Brain and Mind Research Institute at the University of Sydney. He
is the author of many papers and books on neuroscience as well as the
history and philosophy of neuroscience, including
The Idea of Consciousness
(1997) and
A History of the Synapse
(2001). He is past President of the International Society for Autonomic
Neuroscience, past President of the Australian Neuroscience Society, as
well as the recipient of numerous awards for his research, including the
Neuroscience Medal, the Ramaciotti Medal, the Macfarlane Burnet Medal
and the Order of Australia.
P. M. S. Hacker is an Emeritus Research Fellow of St John's
College, Oxford, UK. He is the author of numerous books and articles
on philosophy of the mind and philosophy of language, and is the
leading authority on the philosophy of Wittgenstein. Among his many
publications is the four-volume Analytical Commentary on
Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations, and its epilogue,
Wittgenstein's Place in Twentieth Century Analytic
Philosophy. His most recent work is Human Nature: The
Categorial Framework, the first volume of a trilogy on human nature.
Together, M. R. Bennet and P. M. S. Hacker have authored the
acclaimed Philosophical Foundations of Neuroscience (Blackwell, 2003).
