Proust Was a Neuroscientist
by Jonah Lehrer
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Author: Jonah LehrerEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-09-01
ISBN: 0547085907
Number of pages: 256
Publisher: Mariner Books
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Summary: 5 Stars
lehrer's book is a gem; reading it a joyful series of "aha's". trained as a humanist, i have long taken great and guilty pleasure in reading about the brain, its physiology and development, while entertaining a sneaky suspicion that this reading is not so different from perusing "la princesse de cl?ves" or "the house of mirth".
lehrer connects the dots for me, starting by opening up the possibility that artists - not just the novelists i was thinking of, but painters, composers, poets, you name it - are working on the same topics, with the same legitimacy and epistemological justification and import as scientists.
he may not be the first either artist or scientist to do so, but the comprehensive scope of his book, drawing on so many artists and scientific angles is, in my experience, unique.
his final call for a "fourth culture" that truly seeks to draw on the investigations and insights of both art and science, respecting different approaches, methodologies and epistemologies is most inspiring. all i want to know is, where do i sign up? i suspect the first step is to review this book in greater depth, as soon as time permits: till now, just read it!
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