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Article: Second Nature: Brain Science and Human Knowledge.(Brief article)(Book review)
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- October 28, 2006
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SECOND NATURE: Brain Science and Human Knowledge GERALD M. EDELMAN
Epistemology, of the study of knowledge, was a largely philosophical exercise historically. However, recent advances in neuroscience have made more tantalizing than ever the prospect of scientifically explaining consciousness and how we come to understand the world, according to Edelman, the 1972 winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. He explains that although consciousness is a "first-person" experience, it is possible to ...