
Neuroscience
Socrates’ Critique of 21st-Century Neuroscience
The ancient thinker saw limits to what natural science can tell us about ourselves
Daniel Silvermintz is associate professor of philosophy at the University of Houston–Clear Lake. His book on the founder of the sophistic movement, Protagoras: Ancients in Action, was published by Bloomsbury Academic in 2016.
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