Co how matter becomes imagination Edelman, Gerald M. creator Tononi, Giulio text London Penguin Books 2000 First published in Great Britain under the present title by Allen Lane, The Penguin Press 2000 monographic eng

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xiii, 274 p. : ill. ; 19.5 cm. 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. Gerald M. Edelman and Giulio Tononi. Includes bibliographical references and index. Consciousness Physiological aspects Brain Physiology Mind and body Thought and thinking QP411 .E345 2000 612.8/2 0140281479 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0831/00271748-b.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0831/00271748-d.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0831/00271748-b.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0831/00271748-d.html ORX 260721 20260721155302.0