Philosophical Dimensions of the Neuro-Medical Sciences :
[Book]
Proceedings of the Second Trans-Disciplinary Symposium on Philosophy and Medicine Held at Farmington, Connecticut, May 15-17 1975.
S F Spicker
New York
Springer, Oct.
2013
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Philosophy and Medicine Ser., 2.
Section I / Historical Foundations of Modern Neurology.- Varieties of Cartesian Experience in Early Nineteenth Century Neurophysiology.- Historical Development of the Concept of Hemispheric Cerebral Dominance.- Reflections on Our Condition: The Geography of Embodiment Comments on 'Varieties of Cartesian Experience in Early Nineteenth Century Neurophysiology' and 'Historical Development of the Concept of Hemispheric Cerebral Dominance'.- Section II / Philosophical Implications of Psychosurgery.- Persons and Psychosurgery.- Psychosurgery: What's the Issue? Comments on 'Persons and Psychosurgery'.- Section III / Neural Integration and the Emergence of Consciousness.- Mind, It Does Matter.- Mind and Brain: The Embodied Person.- The Misleading Mediation of the Mental: Comments, on 'Mind, It Does Matter' and 'Mind and Brain: The Embodied Person'.- Section IV / The Causal Aspect of the Psycho-Physical Problem: Implications for Neuro-Medicine.- On the Power or Impotence of Subjectivity.- The Spurious Psyche-Soma Distinction: Comments on 'On the Power or Impotence of Subjectivity'.- Section V / Altered Affective Responses to Pain.- Pain and Unpleasantness.- Pain - The Existential Symptom.- The Evaluation of Pain Responses: A Need for Improved Measures.- Pain and Suffering: Comments on 'Pain and Unpleasantness,' 'Pain - The Existential Symptom,' and 'The Evaluation of Pain Responses: A Need for Improved Measures'.- Section VI / The Function of Philosophical Concepts in the Neuro-Medical Sciences.- Round-Table Discussion.- William F. Bynum.- Samuel H. Greenblatt.- Karl H. Pribram.- Robert M. Veatch.- Ian R. Lawson.- Marjorie Grene/Chairwoman's Closing Remarks.- Notes on Contributors.