Matter Matters?
On the Material Basis of the Cognitive Activity of Mind
Published on 19. June 1997
Book
Hardback
IX, 269 pages
978-3-540-61776-1 (ISBN)
Description
This book, written for a wide readership with some background in the natural sciences, addresses the very old problem of the mind-brain-relationship. The authors, all well-known scientists, approach the subject in different stages. The first part addresses some general principles based on physics, computer science, and theoretical biology. The two following parts deal with the problem at different organizational levels, from the microscopic to the macroscopic. The fourth part addresses the subjective level founded on the findings of psychologists and neurophysiologists.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Heidelberg
Germany
Publishing group
Springer Berlin
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
6 farbige Abbildungen, 104 s/w Abbildungen
104 black & white illustrations, 6 colour illustrations, biography
Dimensions
Height: 20.5 cm
Width: 13.3 cm
Weight
410 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-540-61776-1 (9783540617761)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-60570-3
Schweitzer Classification
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Peter Arhem | Hans Liljenström | Uno Svedin
Matter Matters?
On the Material Basis of the Cognitive Activity of Mind
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11/2013
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Content
1. Introduction.- I Some New Perspectives.- 2. The Need for a Non-computational Extension of Quantum Action in the Brain.- 3. The Berry Paradox.- 4. Mind as Phenotype.- II Subcellular Levels.- 5. Quantum Automata in Cytoskeletal Microtubules: A Nanoscale Substrate for Cognition.- 6. Of Maps and Territories: A Three Point Landing on the Mind-Body Problem.- III Network and Systems Level.- 7. Synergetics of the Brain.- 8. Cognition and the Efficiency of Neural Processes.- IV The Subjective Level.- 9. Consciousness and the Matter of Perception.- 10. On Consciousness and Spontaneous Brain Activity.- 11. Concluding Remarks.