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How brains make up their minds / Walter J. Freeman.

Title: How brains make up their minds / Walter J. Freeman.
Author: Freeman, Walter J.
Publication: London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1999.

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180 p. : ill.; 20 cm.

Summary

"In How Brains Make Up Their Minds, Walter J. Freeman charts the brain's mind, progressing from single nerve cells to cooperative nerve cell assemblies to the emergence of complex brain patterns. By drawing on new developments in brain imaging and theories of chaos and nonlinear dynamics, he shows how brains create intentions and meanings." "In doing so he finds new ways to answer age-old philosophical questions about self-determination and individual responsibility. He finds Descartes mistaken in his dictum "I think, therefore I am"--His brain had already accomplished the fact and was merely keeping his ego informed."--Jacket.

Series Statement

Maps of the mind

Uniform Title

Maps of the mind.

Subject

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-169) and index.

Processing Action (note)

committed to retain

Contents

Self-control and intentionality -- Meaning and representation -- Dynamics of neurons and neuron populations -- Sensation and perceptionn -- Emotion and intentional action -- Awareness, consciousness, and causality -- Knowledge and meaning in societies.

ISBN

0297842579

OCLC

41309975

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library