Sociability and Morality in Patricia Churchland's "Braintrust". An Introduction to Neurophilosophy

by Jonathan Arriola

Essay from the year 2014 in the subject Philosophy - Practical (Ethics, Aesthetics, Culture, Nature, Right, ...), grade: 10/10, language: English, abstract: The aim of this paper is to rebuild the main hypothesis of Churchland's "Braintrust" (2011) postulating that the origins of sociability and morality lie in the neuro-biology of attachment and bonding. The author sides with Hume's conception of morality as grounded in sentiments but Churchland...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 366836592X
• ISBN13: 9783668365926
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: Grin Verlag
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 5.8" x 8.3"