The Meaning of Mind: Language, Morality, and Neuroscience

by Thomas Szasz

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In this brilliantly original and highly accessible work, Thomas Szasz demonstrates the futility of analyzing the mind as a collection of brain functions. Instead of trying to unravel the riddle of a mythical entity called the mind, Szasz suggests that our task should be to understand and judge persons always as moral agents responsible for their own actions, not as victims of brain chemistry. This is Szasz's most ambitious work to date. In his...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0275956032

ISBN13:9780275956035

Release Date:September 1996

Publisher:Praeger

Length:200 Pages

Weight:1.15 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.4" x 9.5"

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Behavioral Sciences Civil Rights Civil Rights & Liberties Cognitive Psychology Consciousness & Thought Health, Fitness & Dieting Health, Fitness & Dieting Mental Illness Neuropsychology Philosophy

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