A universe of consciousness how matter becomes imagination
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| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
Basic Books
c2000.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
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| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://unika.unav.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma991010883999708016&context=L&vid=34UNAV_INST:VU1&search_scope=34UNAV_TODO&tab=34UNAV_TODO&lang=es |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Pt. I. The world knot. 1. Consciousness: philosophical paradox or scientific object? ; 2. The special problem of consciousness ; 3. Everyman's private theater: ongoing unity, endless variety
- Pt. II. Consciousness and the brain. 4. Building a picture of the brain ; 5. Consciousness and distributed neural activity ; 6. Neural activity integrated and differentiated
- Pt. III. Mechanisms of consciousness: the Darwinian perspective. 7. Selectionism ; 8. Nonrepresentational memory ; 9. Perception into memory: the remembered present
- Pt. IV. Dealing with plethora: the dynamic core hypothesis. 10. Integration and reenetry ; 11. Consciousness and complexity ; 12. Determining where the knot is tied: the dynamic core hypothesis
- Pt. V. Untangling the knot. 13. Qualia and discrimination ; 14. The conscious and the unconscious
- Pt. VI. Observer time. 15. Language and the self ; 16. Thinking ; 17. Prisoners of description
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Credits
- Index.
