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Stairway to the mind : the controversial new science of consciousness /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Scott, Alwyn, 1931-
Formato: Libro
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: New York : Copernicus, c1995.
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245 1 0 |a Stairway to the mind :  |b the controversial new science of consciousness /  |c Alwyn Scott. 
260 |a New York :  |b Copernicus,  |c c1995. 
300 |a xix, 229 p. :  |b il. ;  |c 25 cm. 
504 |a Incluye bibliografía (p. 217) e índice. 
505 0 |a Quantum physics, chemistry, and consciousness. Quantum physics ; Chemistry ; Quantum consciousness -- The chemistry of life. Biomolecular structures ; Biomolecular dynamics ; Is life based on the laws of physics? -- The nerve afire. Nerve membrane dynamics ; Nonlinear diffusion ; The Hodgkin-Huxley equations ; Neurodynamics -- Is there a computer in your head? The McCulloch-Pitts neuron ; Dendritic and axonal computing ; Synaptic transmission ; The multiplex neuron ; A real neuron ; Quantum effects? ; Can a neuron be modeled on a computer? 
505 0 |a An enchanted loom. A brief look at the brain ; Layered structures ; The Perceptron ; The cell assembly ; The hierarchy of cell assemblies ; The cell assembly revisited ; The nature of thought ; Cortical stimulation ; A deeper question -- A century of brain-mind theory. William James ; George Santayana ; Behaviorism ; Donald Hebb ; Erwin Schrödinger ; Can a machine think? ; Are we machines? ; Forebrain commissurotomy ; Karl Popper and John Eccles ; Blindsight ; Roger Penrose ; Francis Crick and Christof Koch ; Daniel Dennett ; John Searle ; Erich Harth ; Henry Stapp ; Eccles throws down the gauntlet ; Crick replies ; The hard problem. 
505 0 |a A great arc of possibilities. The birth of American anthropology ; Cultural configurations ; Coming of age in Samoa ; Cultural relativity ; Anthropology and modern life ; Ethics ; Biological and cultural evolution -- Toward an emergent theory of consciousness. Credo ; Quantum consciousness and scientific determinism ; Conservation of energy in the mind? ; Materialism ; Functionalism ; Dualism ; The locus of consciousness ; Artificial intelligence ; Two dreams -- Then I tell them what I told them. Recapitulation ; Final comments. 
505 0 |a Appendices. Nonlinearity and emergence -- The mathematics of quantum theory -- The Born-Oppenheimer approximation -- Local modes -- Schrödinger's cat -- Linear and nonlinear diffusion -- The Hodgkin-Huxley equations -- Counting neural networks -- An incomplete physical theory. 
650 7 |a Conciencia (Psicología)  |9 357241 
650 4 |a Neurociencias.  |9 357242 
650 4 |a Filosofía de la ciencia.  |9 3076 
650 4 |9 356425  |a Teoría de la identidad mente-cerebro 
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