The Consilient Brain
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Overview
This book considers neuroscience as the bridge between the natural and social sciences, and examines the applicability for sociology, economics, and political science of new concepts in cognitive science, evolutionary psychology, and neuroscience. This work applies current research in evolutionary neuroscience to the foundation of economics and politics.
Synopsis
Building on the evolutionary perspective of brain development pushed by Paul D. MacLean, Cory (business economics, San Jose State U.) describes a model of human behavior that aims to achieve consilience or unification of the natural and social sciences. He applies his model of human behavior to a discussion of free markets, arguing that empathy should be understood as just as important in the development of markets as greed. The model is then used to critique and improve theories of new institutional economics. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR