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Intervening in the Brain Changing Psyche and Society

Name: Intervening in the Brain
Author: G. Boer

Auteur: Reinhard Merkel

Taal: Engels

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Auteur: Reinhard Merkel G. Boer

Co-auteur: T. Galert Dirk Hartmann J. Fegert Bart Nuttin

Engels
Hardcover
9783540464761
24 april 2007
536 pagina's

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In view of this preeminent significance of the brain, it is understandable that, in general, interventions into the brain are considered a delicate issue and that new techniques of intervention are scrutinised with particular care.

The preceding decade has witnessed tremendous progress in clinical as well as theoretical neuroscience. In its wake, powerful new instruments of neuromodulation acting directly on the brain have been developed: potent neuro-pharmaceuticals, deep brain stimulation, transcranial magnetic stimulation, various methods of neurotransplantation, central neural prostheses, and others. However, few areas of scientific development seem to exhibit as close a connection between dreams of progress and nightmares of disaster as contemporary neuroscience. This Janus-faced character relates to the core function of the brain as the "organ of the mind". Methods of intervening in the brain easily draw the suspicion of possibly altering fundamental features of personhood, thus posing a threat to preconditions of human dignity and to the normative structure of our societies. This suspicion has been fuelled by the discovery that most of the newly developed neurotherapeutic instruments might also be used for purposes of enhancement of certain mental features. "Mind doping" is a populist slogan at hand, suggesting a deprecatory parallel to the practice of doping in sports.

The present book subjects the whole range of questions associated with these problems to a thorough exploration. Extensive state-of-the-art accounts of the relevant clinical and theoretical neurosciences are followed by an in-depth philosophical analysis of the problems of personal identity and a comprehensive disquisition on legal and ethical questions posed by present and foreseeable future practices of neuroenhancement. A concluding chapter presents the study’s main results as recommendations, addressing clinical practitioners and researchers in the field as well as to politicians, legislators, law courts, philosophers, lawyers, and anybody fascinated by or concerned about the dawning era of intervening in the brain.

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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Hardcover
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 24 april 2007
Aantal pagina's: 536
Illustraties: Nee

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Hoofdauteur: Reinhard Merkel
Tweede Auteur: G. Boer
Co Auteur: Bart Nuttin
Hoofduitgeverij: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K

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Editie: 2007
Extra groot lettertype: Nee
Product breedte: 155 mm
Product lengte: 235 mm
Studieboek: Ja
Verpakking breedte: 165 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 32 mm
Verpakking lengte: 241 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 1043 g

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EAN: 9783540464761

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Categorieën: Mens & Maatschappij

Religie, Spiritualiteit & Filosofie

Geneeskunde & Verpleging

Specialistische geneeskunde

Verpleegdiensten & Hulpdiensten

Sociologie

Filosofie

Farmacologie

Neurologie & Klinische neurofysiologie

Biomedische techniek

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Taal: Engels
Beschikbaarheid: Leverbaar
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