| Edition |
1st MIT press pbk. ed. |
| Description |
xii, 329 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm + 1 taylor-merchant stereopticon 707 |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Note |
"A Bradford book." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Form |
Also available via the World Wide Web. |
| Contents |
Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Sensory Representation: The Incredible Power of Vector Coding -- 3. Vector Processing: How It Works and Why It Is Essential -- 4. Artificial Neural Networks: Imitating Parts of the Brain -- 5. Recurrent Networks: The Conquest of Time -- 6. The Neural Representation of the Social World -- 7. The Brain in Trouble: Cognitive Dysfunction and Mental Illness -- 8. The Puzzle of Consciousness -- 9. Could an Electronic Machine Be Conscious? -- 10. Language, Science, Politics, and Art -- 11. Neurotechnology and Human Life -- Selected Bibliography -- Index. |
| Summary |
This work summarizes results from neuroscience and recent work with artificial neural networks that together suggest a unified set of answers to questions about how the brain actually works; how it sustains a thinking, feeling, dreaming self; and how it sustains a self-conscious person. |
| Subject |
Brain -- Philosophy.
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Neurosciences -- Philosophy.
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Cognition.
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Brain.
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Neuropsychology.
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Medicine -- Philosophy.
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Neuropsychology. (OCoLC)fst01036493
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Medicine -- Philosophy.
(OCoLC)fst01015007
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Brain. (OCoLC)fst00837570
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Brain -- Philosophy.
(OCoLC)fst00837649
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Cognition. (OCoLC)fst00866457
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Neurosciences -- Philosophy.
(OCoLC)fst01036516
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| ISBN |
0262531429 |
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9780262531429 |
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0262032244 |
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9780262032247 |
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