Natural Fabrications Science, Emergence and Consciousness /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Seager, William (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Σειρά: The Frontiers Collection,
• Θέματα: Physics.; Philosophy of mind.; Neurobiology.; Statistical physics.; Dynamical systems.; Neuropsychology.; Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity.; Philosophy of Mind.

The spectacular success of the scientific enterprise over the last four hundred years has led to the promise of an all encompassing vision of the natural world. In this elegant picture, everything we observe is based upon just a few fundamental processes and entities. The almost infinite variety and...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• The Scientific Picture of the World
• Looking Out
• Looking In
• Consciousness in the Brain
• Emergence and Consciousness
• Emergence and Cellular Automata
• Against Radical Emergence
• Emergence and Supervenience
• Generalized Epiphenomenalism
• The Paradox of Consciousness
• Embracing the Mystery.