Neuroenhancement: How Mental Training And Meditation Can Promote Epistemic Virtue. - ENG
The Positive Effects Of Mediation On The Brain
| ISBN: | 9783319235172 |
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| Formato: | Page Fidelity |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Editorial: | Springer Nature |
| Tema: | Filosofía |
| Subtema: | Ética y Filosofía Moral |
| Año de publicación: | 2015-08-31 |
This book explores how one can bring about changes in the brain through meditation, both through attention-focus training and through compassion training. Recent findings in the natural sciences have confirmed that it is possible for humans to achieve these structural and functional changes through various life-style practices. It is argued that meditation enables us to influence some aspects of our biological make-up and, for example, could boost our cognitive flexibility as well as our ability to act compassionate. Such changes are likely to facilitate the instilling of a number of epistemic virtues which have great bearing on our quality of life. This book offers the reader an accessible introduction to a set of neuro-enhancement methods, with a special focus on meditation techniques, and explores how such practices could contribute to make us better decision-makers and improve our moral virtues. The book is suitable for anyone looking for a text discussing the effects of neuro-enhancement from a secular ethics perspective.










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