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Author Churchland, Paul M., 1942-

Title The engine of reason, the seat of the soul : a philosophical journey into the brain / Paul M. Churchland.

Publication Info. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 1996.

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 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  612.8201 C475e 1996    ---  Available
Edition 1st MIT press pbk. ed.
Description xii, 329 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm + 1 taylor-merchant stereopticon 707
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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.
Neurosciences -- Philosophy.
Cognition.
Brain.
Neuropsychology.
Medicine -- Philosophy.
Neuropsychology. (OCoLC)fst01036493
Medicine -- Philosophy. (OCoLC)fst01015007
Brain. (OCoLC)fst00837570
Brain -- Philosophy. (OCoLC)fst00837649
Cognition. (OCoLC)fst00866457
Neurosciences -- Philosophy. (OCoLC)fst01036516
ISBN 0262531429
9780262531429
0262032244
9780262032247

 
    
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