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The Consciousness Instinct
Unraveling the Mystery of How the Brain Makes the Mind
Taschenbuch von Michael S Gazzaniga
Sprache: Englisch

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"The father of cognitive neuroscience" illuminates the past, present, and future of the mind-brain problem

How do neurons turn into minds? How does physical "stuff"-atoms, molecules, chemicals, and cells-create the vivid and various worlds inside our heads? The problem of consciousness has gnawed at us for millennia. In the last century there have been massive breakthroughs that have rewritten the science of the brain, and yet the puzzles faced by the ancient Greeks are still present. In The Consciousness Instinct, the neuroscience pioneer Michael S. Gazzaniga puts the latest research in conversation with the history of human thinking about the mind, giving a big-picture view of what science has revealed about consciousness.

The idea of the brain as a machine, first proposed centuries ago, has led to assumptions about the relationship between mind and brain that dog scientists and philosophers to this day. Gazzaniga asserts that this model has it backward-brains make machines, but they cannot be reduced to one. New research suggests the brain is actually a confederation of independent modules working together. Understanding how consciousness could emanate from such an organization will help define the future of brain science and artificial intelligence, and close the gap between brain and mind.

Captivating and accessible, with insights drawn from a lifetime at the forefront of the field, The Consciousness Instinct sets the course for the neuroscience of tomorrow.

"The father of cognitive neuroscience" illuminates the past, present, and future of the mind-brain problem

How do neurons turn into minds? How does physical "stuff"-atoms, molecules, chemicals, and cells-create the vivid and various worlds inside our heads? The problem of consciousness has gnawed at us for millennia. In the last century there have been massive breakthroughs that have rewritten the science of the brain, and yet the puzzles faced by the ancient Greeks are still present. In The Consciousness Instinct, the neuroscience pioneer Michael S. Gazzaniga puts the latest research in conversation with the history of human thinking about the mind, giving a big-picture view of what science has revealed about consciousness.

The idea of the brain as a machine, first proposed centuries ago, has led to assumptions about the relationship between mind and brain that dog scientists and philosophers to this day. Gazzaniga asserts that this model has it backward-brains make machines, but they cannot be reduced to one. New research suggests the brain is actually a confederation of independent modules working together. Understanding how consciousness could emanate from such an organization will help define the future of brain science and artificial intelligence, and close the gap between brain and mind.

Captivating and accessible, with insights drawn from a lifetime at the forefront of the field, The Consciousness Instinct sets the course for the neuroscience of tomorrow.

Über den Autor
Michael S. Gazzaniga
Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

PART I: GETTING READY FOR MODERN THOUGHT
1. History's Rigid, Rocky, and Goofy Way of Thinking About Consciousness
2. The Dawn of Empirical Thinking in Philosophy
3. Twentieth-Century Strides and Openings to Modern Thought

PART II: THE PHYSICAL SYSTEM
4. Making Brains One Module at a Time
5. The Beginnings of Understanding Brain Architecture
6. Gramps Is Demented but Conscious

PART III: CONSCIOUSNESS COMES
7. The Concept of Complementarity: The Gift from Physics
8. Non-Living to Living and Neurons to Mind
9. Bubbling Brooks and Personal Consciousness
10. Consciousness Is an Instinct

Notes
Acknowledgements
Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Fachbereich: Theoretische Psychologie
Genre: Importe, Psychologie
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780374538156
ISBN-10: 0374538158
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Gazzaniga, Michael S
Hersteller: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 211 x 139 x 22 mm
Von/Mit: Michael S Gazzaniga
Erscheinungsdatum: 11.06.2019
Gewicht: 0,247 kg
Artikel-ID: 121050277
Über den Autor
Michael S. Gazzaniga
Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

PART I: GETTING READY FOR MODERN THOUGHT
1. History's Rigid, Rocky, and Goofy Way of Thinking About Consciousness
2. The Dawn of Empirical Thinking in Philosophy
3. Twentieth-Century Strides and Openings to Modern Thought

PART II: THE PHYSICAL SYSTEM
4. Making Brains One Module at a Time
5. The Beginnings of Understanding Brain Architecture
6. Gramps Is Demented but Conscious

PART III: CONSCIOUSNESS COMES
7. The Concept of Complementarity: The Gift from Physics
8. Non-Living to Living and Neurons to Mind
9. Bubbling Brooks and Personal Consciousness
10. Consciousness Is an Instinct

Notes
Acknowledgements
Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Fachbereich: Theoretische Psychologie
Genre: Importe, Psychologie
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780374538156
ISBN-10: 0374538158
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Gazzaniga, Michael S
Hersteller: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 211 x 139 x 22 mm
Von/Mit: Michael S Gazzaniga
Erscheinungsdatum: 11.06.2019
Gewicht: 0,247 kg
Artikel-ID: 121050277
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