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As a working neuroscientist, Jay Schulkin's ambitious exploration offers reflections on the pragmatic tradition from a fresh perspective, to present not only a scientist's take on the pragmatic tradition, but also a pragmatist's take on the evolution of human problem solving.
Keywords
- America
- culture
- evolution
- inquiry
- natural science
- naturalism
- neuroscience
- Orient
- pragmatism
- present
- psychology
- tradition
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Washington, USA
Jay Schulkin
About the author
JAY SCHULKIN is Research Professor in the Department of Neuroscience at Georgetown University, USA, where his work on brain systems that underlie behavioral adaptation, including appetitive and consummatory experiences, continue to be informed by both neuroscience and philosophical perspectives. He received his PhD in Behavioral Neuroscience from the University of Pennsylvania. Schulkin is the author of a number of articles and books, including Cognitive Adaptation, The Neuroendocrine Regulation of Behavior, Roots of Social Sensibility and Neural Function, and Action Perception and the Brain, also published by Palgrave Macmillan.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Naturalism and Pragmatism
Authors: Jay Schulkin
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-02648-4Published: 10 September 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 336