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1、Who’sinCharge?FreeWillandtheScienceoftheBrainMichaelS.GazzanigaDedicationForCharlotte,UnquestionablytheEighthWonderoftheWorldContentsCoverTitlePageDedicationIntroductionChapterOne-TheWayWeAreChapterTwo-TheParallelandDistributedBrainChapterThree-TheInterpreterCh
2、apterFour-AbandoningtheConceptofFreeWillChapterFive-TheSocialMindChapterSix-WeAretheLawChapterSeven-AnAfterwordAcknowledgmentsNotesIndexAlsobyMichaelS.GazzanigaAbouttheAuthorCreditsCopyrightAboutthePublisherIntroductionFromscotland,formorethan125years,thegiffor
3、dlectureshavebeendispatchedintotheworldowingtothebehestandendowmentofAdamLordGifford,anineteenth-centuryEdinburghadvocateandjudgewithapassionforphilosophyandnaturaltheology.Underthetermsofhiswillhedirectedtheselecturestobegivenonthetopicofnaturaltheologywiththe
4、stipulationthatthesubjectbetreated―asastrictlynaturalscience‖and―withoutreferencetoorrelianceuponanysupposedspecialexceptionalorso-calledmiraculousrevelation.Iwishitconsideredjustasastronomyorchemistryis....[T]heymayfreelydiscuss...allquestionsaboutman‘sconcept
5、ionsofGodortheInfinite,theirorigin,nature,andtruth,whetherhecanhaveanysuchconceptions,whetherGodisunderanyorwhatlimitations,andsoon,asIampersuadedthatnothingbutgoodcanresultfromfreediscussion.‖Thelectureshavefocusedonreligion,science,andphilosophy.Ifyouhavetrul
6、ysampledthebooksthathaveflowedfromthem,youwillquicklydiscovertheirbone-rattlingquality.SomeofthegreatestmindsoftheWesternworldhavedeliveredtheirideasduringthecourseoftheselecturessuchasWilliamJames,NielsBohr,andAlfredNorthWhiteheadtomentionafew.Manyofthelonglis
7、tofparticipantshaveprecipitatedmajorintellectualbattles;somehavespelledoutthevastnessoftheuniverseordecriedthefailureofthesecularworldtoprovideahopefulmessageaboutthemeaningoflife,whileothershaveflatoutrejectedtheology—naturalorotherwise—asaworthwhiletopicforgr
8、own-upstospendanytimethinkingabout.Seemingly,everythinghasbeensaid,andallofitisstatedwithsuchclarityandforcethatwhentheassignmentfelltometoaddmyownperspective,Ialmostwithdre
