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Thinking Outside the Brain Box

Why Human Beings Are Not Biological Computers
  • ISBN-13: 9781782504283
  • Publisher: FLORIS BOOKS
    Imprint: FLORIS BOOKS
  • By Arie Bos, Translated by Philip Mees
  • Price: AUD $54.99
  • Stock: 8 in stock
  • Availability: Order will be despatched as soon as possible.
  • Local release date: 14/01/2018
  • Format: Paperback (234.00mm X 156.00mm) 240 pages Weight: 414g
  • Categories: Science: general issues [PD]
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Is it our brain that produces consciousness? Many people, including most scientists, hold such a belief, founded on a conception of the world that is purely materialistic. This worldview sees the brain as some kind of biological computer.
 
However, modern research shows that our experiences -- especially in childhood and youth -- shape the circuits of our brain, and even stimulate the brain to grow. So to an extent, we shape our own brain just through being alive. And it is by means of our brain that we develop as a person and form our 'self', with all its associated significance and values.
 
In this revealing study of brain, body and consciousness, Arie Bos examines the limitations of the materialist view to explain our human experience. He points to examples where consciousness is not supported by the physical brain, or where consciousness appears to survive beyond death. Exploring the ideas of free will and responsibility, he rejects the view that only physical matter determines our thoughts and actions. In doing so, he opens a door to a wider spiritual reality.
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