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Splendors and Miseries of the Brain, which is derived from Balzac's novel of the same name, delves into the brain's key functions of obtaining knowledge and forming concepts about the world. While these functions have been more thoroughly documented in neurobiology's traditional disciplines--physiology, anatomy, biochemistry, pharmacology, mathematics, and computer science, to name but a few--Zeki goes beyond these fields to scientifically study the products of the brain in literature, music, art, and other fields. By studying these fields, Zeki shows that we can reach important conclusions about how the brain functions and its common processes. He also examines the heavy price to be paid in terms of human happiness that comes with the exquisite capacity of the brain and shows how misery can ultimately be turned to advantage, due to its intimate link to creativity.
Splendors and Miseries of the Brain, which is derived from Balzac's novel of the same name, delves into the brain's key functions of obtaining knowledge and forming concepts about the world. While these functions have been more thoroughly documented in neurobiology's traditional disciplines--physiology, anatomy, biochemistry, pharmacology, mathematics, and computer science, to name but a few--Zeki goes beyond these fields to scientifically study the products of the brain in literature, music, art, and other fields. By studying these fields, Zeki shows that we can reach important conclusions about how the brain functions and its common processes. He also examines the heavy price to be paid in terms of human happiness that comes with the exquisite capacity of the brain and shows how misery can ultimately be turned to advantage, due to its intimate link to creativity.
Introduction.
Part I. Abstraction and the Brain.
1. Abstraction.
2. The Brain and Its Concepts.
3. Inherited Brain Concepts.
4. The Distributed Knowledge-Acquiring System of the Brain.
5. The Acquired Synthetic Brain Concepts.
6. The Synthetic Brain Concept and the Platonic Ideal.
7. Creativity and the Source of Perfection in the Brain.
Part II. Brain Concepts and Ambiguity.
8. Ambiguity in the Brain and in Art.
9. Processing and Perceptual Sites in the Brain.
10. From Unambiguous to Ambiguous Knowledge.
11. Higher Levels of Ambiguity.
Part III. Unachievable Brain Concepts.
Introduction.
12. Michelangelo and the non-finito.
13. Paul Cézanne and the Unfinished.
14. Unfinished Art in Literature.
Part VI. Brain Concepts of Love.
Conte By Arthur Rimbaud, in English and in French.
15. The Brain's Concepts of Love.
16. The Neural Correlates of Love.
17. Brain Concepts of Unity and Annihilation in Love.
18. Sacred and Profane.
19. The Metamorphosis of the Brain Concept of Love in Dante.
20. Wagner and Tristan und Isolde.
21. Thomas Mann and Death in Venice.
22. A neurobiological analysis of Freud's Civilization and Its Discontents
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2008 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Psychologie |
| Produktart: | Ratgeber |
| Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Seiten: | 256 |
| Inhalt: |
VII
234 S. |
| ISBN-13: | 9781405185578 |
| ISBN-10: | 1405185570 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Zeki, Semir |
| Hersteller: |
John Wiley & Sons
John Wiley and Sons Ltd |
| Maße: | 226 x 150 x 20 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Semir Zeki |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 14.11.2008 |
| Gewicht: | 0,386 kg |
Introduction.
Part I. Abstraction and the Brain.
1. Abstraction.
2. The Brain and Its Concepts.
3. Inherited Brain Concepts.
4. The Distributed Knowledge-Acquiring System of the Brain.
5. The Acquired Synthetic Brain Concepts.
6. The Synthetic Brain Concept and the Platonic Ideal.
7. Creativity and the Source of Perfection in the Brain.
Part II. Brain Concepts and Ambiguity.
8. Ambiguity in the Brain and in Art.
9. Processing and Perceptual Sites in the Brain.
10. From Unambiguous to Ambiguous Knowledge.
11. Higher Levels of Ambiguity.
Part III. Unachievable Brain Concepts.
Introduction.
12. Michelangelo and the non-finito.
13. Paul Cézanne and the Unfinished.
14. Unfinished Art in Literature.
Part VI. Brain Concepts of Love.
Conte By Arthur Rimbaud, in English and in French.
15. The Brain's Concepts of Love.
16. The Neural Correlates of Love.
17. Brain Concepts of Unity and Annihilation in Love.
18. Sacred and Profane.
19. The Metamorphosis of the Brain Concept of Love in Dante.
20. Wagner and Tristan und Isolde.
21. Thomas Mann and Death in Venice.
22. A neurobiological analysis of Freud's Civilization and Its Discontents
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2008 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Psychologie |
| Produktart: | Ratgeber |
| Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Seiten: | 256 |
| Inhalt: |
VII
234 S. |
| ISBN-13: | 9781405185578 |
| ISBN-10: | 1405185570 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Zeki, Semir |
| Hersteller: |
John Wiley & Sons
John Wiley and Sons Ltd |
| Maße: | 226 x 150 x 20 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Semir Zeki |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 14.11.2008 |
| Gewicht: | 0,386 kg |
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