Life, Brain and Consciousness
New Perceptions through Targeted Systems Analysis
- 1st Edition, Volume 63 - December 18, 1989
- Imprint: North Holland
- Author: G. Sommerhoff
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 8 6 7 1 7 - 5
The relation between mind and brain can never be understood by science until the nature of consciousness and self-consciousness is clearly perceived as specific system-properties.… Read more
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The relation between mind and brain can never be understood by science until the nature of consciousness and self-consciousness is clearly perceived as specific system-properties. In this volume the author tackles this problem in a rigorous analysis which begins with the general dynamics of living systems and leads the reader step-by-step towards firm conclusions about the physical processes of consciousness and the main categories of mental events. Finally the author moves from the cognitive to the affective, and proceeds to interpret a number of uniquely human sensibilities in the light of the general biological perspective he has established.
Introduction and Overview
LifeOrder and LifeThe Definition of Teleological Concepts in Non-Teleological Terms
Brain and ConsciousnessConsciousness and Self-ConsciousnessThe Physical Structure of the Internal RepresentationsThe Neural Correlates of the Internal RepresentationsSelf-Awareness, Imagination and MemoryLanguage and Rational ThoughtMind and Matter
CultureDeeper Levels of Consciousness (1)Deeper Levels of Consciousness (2)
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 63
- Published: December 18, 1989
- Imprint: North Holland
- Language: English
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