Mind, Brain and Adaptation in the Nineteenth Century: Cerebral Localization and Its Biological Context from Gall to Ferrier (History of Neuroscience) [Hardcover]

Robert M. Young (Author)

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Hardcover: 304 pages
Publisher: OUP USA; New Ed edition (14 Mar 1991)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0195063899
ISBN-13: 978-0195063899
Product Dimensions: 24.4 x 16.5 x 2.8 cm
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 4,144,229 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Will be of much interest to neurologists, for the author. . . has written a meticulously documented history of thought upon the nature of cerebral localization from the eighteenth century. . . until late in the nineteenth century. (Brain )

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This is a reissue of a book published by the Clarendon Press in 1970 with a new introduction to take account of recent developments in the history of nineteenth century neuroscience. The author examines the ideas of the nature and localization of the functions of the brain in the light of the philosophical constraints at work in the sciences of mind and brain in the nineteenth century. Particular attention is paid to phrenology, sensory-motor physiology, associationist psychology, and the theory of evolution as applied to the study of psychology. The author argues that the methods and assumptions of modern science achieved apparent success in this domain at the expense of the biological approach which justified the integration of formerly disparate traditions.

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5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best histories of neuroscience, 15 Oct 2006

By P. A. Kalanithi "American Spirit" - Published on Amazon.com

This review is from: Mind, Brain and Adaptation in the Nineteenth Century: Cerebral Localization and Its Biological Context from Gall to Ferrier (History of Neuroscience) (Hardcover)

Most histories of neuroscience tend to be mere recountings of events, not actual histories. This is not merely a timeline or an ordering of facts, but a philosophically sophisticated telling of how we have come to understand the mind and the brain. I trained as a historian of science at Cambridge, and I am on my way to becoming a neurosurgeon --- I wish I had written this book. If you want to understand today's mind-brain problem, this is the book that tells you how we got here. It is also the book that highlights that some of the central scientific directions are not necessarily great leaps forward, but may represent pendulum swings in a larger debate about behavior and the brain, specifically regarding whether the brain acts as circuits or is composed of discrete processing centers. It's a shame the author left history for psychoanalysis!

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