Mind, Brain and Adaptation in the Nineteenth Century: Cerebral Localization and Its Biological Context from Gall to Ferrier

New York: Oxford University Press, 1990. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Good +/good +. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 9 1/2" X 6 1/4". xxvi, 278pp. Originally published in 1970, this is the first edition of the 1990 edition featuring a new preface by the author, first printing, with full number line. Rubbing, creasing, and shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Bound in green cloth over boards with spine lettered in gilt. Dust-spotting to edges of text block. Occasional inked underlining to pages. Underlining does not obscure text. Binding is firm and sound.

ABOUT THIS BOOK:
This is a reissue of a book published by the Clarendon Press in 1970 with a new introduction to take account of recent developments in the history of 19th century neuroscience. The author examines ideas of the nature and localization of the functions of the brain in the light of the philosophical constraints at work in the sciences of mind and brain in the 19th century. Particular attention is paid to phrenology, sensory--motor physiology, associationist psychology, and the theory of evolution as applied to the study of psychology. The author argues that the methods and assumptions of modern science achieved apparent success in this domain at the expense of the biological approach which justified the integration of formerly disparate traditions. The method of historical case study is used to illuminate the assumptions of current research.(Publisher).