Jaak Panksepp Quotes
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Paul Davies takes us on a logically and rhetorically compelling modern search for human agency. This outstanding analysis, well informed by naturalistic views of our evolved affective nature, is the kind of philosophical work that is essential for a field to move forward when ever-increasing findings from modern science are inconsistent with traditional philosophical arguments. This book is for all who wish to immerse themselves in the modern search for free will. It is steeped in the rich liqueur of current scientific and philosophical perspectives and delusions.
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When scientific conversations cease, then dogma rather than knowledge begins to rule the day.
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The propensity to play is situated in very ancient regions of the brain. Rats that have had their neocortex removed still engage in normal play.
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