The crucible of consciousness : an integrated theory of mind and brain / / Zoltan Torey ; with a foreword by Daniel C. Dennett
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| Autore: |
Torey Zoltan
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| Titolo: |
The crucible of consciousness : an integrated theory of mind and brain / / Zoltan Torey ; with a foreword by Daniel C. Dennett
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| Pubblicazione: | Cambridge, MA, : MIT Press, 2009 |
| Edizione: | 1st MIT Press ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (265 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 153 |
| Soggetto topico: | Consciousness |
| Soggetto non controllato: | PHILOSOPHY/Philosophy of Mind/General |
| COGNITIVE SCIENCES/General | |
| Note generali: | "A Bradford book"--Page 4 of cover. |
| Originally published: Melbourne ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1999. With new foreword. | |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Preface; Perspective; 1 The Emergence of the Human Brain; 2 Adaptive Changes for Speech and Thought; 3 The Evolution of Language; 4 More about Language; 6 Reflection: The Key to Human Awareness; 7 The Mind-System; 8 The Mind versus the Computer; 9 Evolution: The Model of the Loaded Dice; 10 Between the Quantum and the Cosmos; Notes; References; Bibliography; Glossary; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This text is an interdisciplinary examination of the evolutionary breakthroughs that rendered the brain accessible to itself. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The crucible of consciousness |
| ISBN: | 0-262-26121-9 |
| 1-282-24035-8 | |
| 9786612240355 | |
| 0-262-25518-9 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910777968903321 |
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