Do the discoveries of neuroscience undermine our assumptions about free wilJ, the uniqueness of each individual. ;111d the importance of creativity? Ordinarily we might think that if we can explain an...

Do the discoveries of neuroscience undermine our assumptions about free wilJ, the uniqueness of each individual. ;111d the importance of creativity? Ordinarily we might think that if we can explain an emotion like love or the e,;,perience of beauty as the products of the brain's processing. something important will be lost. nut will it? Is human behavior in any way dimjnished or degraded by our knowledge of the brain? In what ways n,jght neuroscience-as exemplified by Sacks's work-foster greater understanding and a tolerance for diversity in human behavior?