Descartes, Embodiment and the Post-human Horizon of Neurosciences. Review of “How Body Shapes The Mind' by Shaun Gallagher. Clarendon Press, Oxford, 2005 [Book Review]
Abstract
Upshot: Neuroscience is at the crossroads between past beliefs that are still accepted by contemporary common sense and new, emergent findings, which are often counterintuitive for non-specialists. Gallagher’s work provides a brilliant overview of this emerging knowledge that is redrawing the map of the body--mind relationship