Neil Levy Libri

Delving into the intersection of neuroscience and ethics, this book raises critical questions about the implications of altering memories, influencing personality, and mind reading. It examines concepts like free will, self-control, and morality through the lens of neuroethics, suggesting that modern capabilities to manipulate mental states echo historical practices. Aimed at graduate students, it also engages anyone interested in the philosophical and ethical dimensions of neuroscience, highlighting the profound impact on social and political decisions.

This Element examines some of the concerns on peer review that it no longer is fit to ensure that published work meets high standards of rigor and interest. It uses evidence that critics of peer review sometimes cite to show its failures. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

It is often claimed that at some time in the recent past, philosophy underwent a profound transformation. The era inaugurated perhaps by Descartes has come to an end, and we have entered the epoch of postmodernity. This book examines that claim by focusing on two exemplary figures, representative of modernity and postmodernity Jean-Paul Sartre and Michel Foucault. Concentrating on their political thought, it shows that each is beset by the same kinds of problems and evolves parallel and complementary solutions. The continuities that exist between them are sufficient to call into question the notion that a fissure runs between the two epochs they represent; nevertheless Neil Levy suggests that their thought can be seen as presenting us with the resources for thinking and criticizing our present in a manner that is alert to the paradoxes and contingencies often seen as characterizing postmodernity.