From neurons to self-consciousness: how the brain generates the mind

Amherst, N.Y.: Humanity Books (2010)
  Copy   BIBTEX

Abstract

The main idea -- The functioning of a neuron -- Brain structure and function -- The general structure of the neural network -- Instincts, emotions, free will -- The nature of mental objects -- The rise and essence of (self-)consciousness -- Artificial intelligence -- Cognitive limitations of man.

Links

PhilArchive



    Upload a copy of this work     Papers currently archived: 90,221

External links

Setup an account with your affiliations in order to access resources via your University's proxy server

Through your library

Similar books and articles

Brain and Mind.David A. Oakley (ed.) - 1985 - New York: Methuen.
Brain, mind, and the structure of reality.Paul L. Nunez - 2010 - New York: Oxford University Press.
The switch model of split-brain consciousness.Elizabeth Schechter - 2012 - Philosophical Psychology 25 (2):203 - 226.
The Possibility of Empirical Test of Hypotheses About Consciousness.Jean E. Burns - 1996 - In S. R. Hameroff, A. W. Kaszniak & A. C. Scott (eds.), Towards a Science of Consciousness. MIT Press. pp. 739--742.
The element of time in the emergence of mental phenomena.Erich Harth - 2008 - Journal of Consciousness Studies 15 (4):54-65.
Consciousness and biological evolution.B. I. B. Lindahl - 1997 - Journal of Theoretical Biology 187 (4):613-29.
Efferent brain processes and the enactive approach to consciousness.Ralph D. Ellis - 2000 - Journal of Consciousness Studies 7 (4):40-50.
Consciousness and brain function.Grant R. Gillett - 1988 - Philosophical Psychology 1 (3):325-39.
The Brain and its States.Richard Brown - 2012 - In Shimon Edelman, Tomer Fekete & Neta Zach (eds.), Being in Time: Dynamical Models of Phenomenal Experience. John Benjamins. pp. 211-238.

Analytics

Added to PP
2010-10-22

Downloads
10 (#1,021,164)

6 months
1 (#1,027,696)

Historical graph of downloads
How can I increase my downloads?

References found in this work

No references found.

Add more references