The Unity of Mind, Brain and World: Current Perspectives on a Science of Consciousness

ISBN-13: 9781107026292 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 368 str.

Alfredo Pereira Jr & Dietrich Lehmann

Opis

This book on consciousness spans the relation of individuals with the world and the individual's constitution at different organisational levels.

Recenzje

'The academic study of consciousness bubbles nowadays with fascinating findings and ideas; this book offers cutting edge accounts of some of the best of these. Covering topics ranging from brain microstates associated with cognition to conceptual frameworks needed to make sense of the whole field, it merits a place in every university library.' Chris Nunn, Associate Editor, Journal of Consciousness Studies

Spis treści

Introduction Alfredo Pereira, Jr and Dietrich Lehmann; 1. Body and world as phenomenal contents of the brain's reality model Bjorn Merker; 2. Homing in on the brain mechanisms linked to consciousness: the buffer of the perception-and-action interface Christine A. Godwin, Adam Gazzaley and Ezequiel Morsella; 3. A biosemiotic view on consciousness derived from system hierarchy Ron Cottam and Willy Ranson; 4. A conceptual framework embedding conscious experience in physical processes Wolfgang Baer; 5. Emergence in dual-aspect monism Ram L. P. Vimal; 6. Consciousness: microstates of the brain's electric field as atoms of thought and emotion Dietrich Lehmann; 7. A foundation for the scientific study of consciousness Arnold Trehub; 8. The proemial synapse: consciousness-generating glial-neuronal units Bernhard J. Mitterauer; 9. A cognitive model of language and conscious processes Leonid Perlovsky; 10. Triple-aspect monism: a conceptual framework for the science of human consciousness Alfredo Pereira, Jr.