: Joseph Knoll
: The Brain and Its Self A Neurochemical Concept of the Innate and Acquired Drives
: Springer-Verlag
: 9783540274346
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: English
: 176
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The main message of this monograph is that the appearance of the mammalian brain with the ability to acquire drives ensured the development of social life, and eventually led to the evolution of the human society. This most sophisticated form of organized life on earth is still in the trial and error phase of its development. It seeks to outgrow the myth-directed era of its history and come to its final state, the ration-directed human society.

Preface6
Acknowledgements7
Contents8
Abbreviations10
Introduction11
1 Innate and Acquired Drives20
2 The Conception thatWhatever Humans Achieved Derives from the Unrestricted Capacity of Their Brain to Acquire Drives25
3 Enhancer Regulation: A Neurochemical Approach to the Innate and Acquired Drives33
4 Approaching Old Problems From A New Angle103
5 Theoretical Aspects of the Enhancer Regulation Approach121
6 Conclusion149
References154
Index of Names169
Index of Subjects177