The Unity of Mind, Brain and World
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The Unity of Mind, Brain and World

Current Perspectives on a Science of Consciousness

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eBook - PDF

The Unity of Mind, Brain and World

Current Perspectives on a Science of Consciousness

About this book

Issues concerning the unity of minds, bodies and the world have often recurred in the history of philosophy and, more recently, in scientific models. Taking into account both the philosophical and scientific knowledge about consciousness, this book presents and discusses some theoretical guiding ideas for the science of consciousness. The authors argue that, within this interdisciplinary context, a consensus appears to be emerging assuming that the conscious mind and the functioning brain are two aspects of a complex system that interacts with the world. How can this concept of reality - one that includes the existence of consciousness - be approached both philosophically and scientifically? The Unity of Mind, Brain and World is the result of a three-year online discussion between the authors who present a diversity of perspectives, tending towards a theoretical synthesis, aimed to contribute to the insertion of this field of knowledge in the academic curriculum.

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Figures
  3. Tables
  4. Contributors
  5. Introduction
  6. 1 Body and world as phenomenal contents of the brains reality model
  7. 2 Homing in on the brain mechanisms linked to consciousness: The buffer of the perception-and-action interface
  8. 3 A biosemiotic view on consciousness derived from system hierarchy
  9. 4 A conceptual framework embedding conscious experience in physical processes
  10. 5 Emergence in dual-aspect monism
  11. 6 Consciousness: Microstates of the brains electric field as atoms of thought and emotion
  12. 7 A foundation for the scientific study of consciousness
  13. 8 The proemial synapse: Consciousness-generating glial-neuronal units
  14. 9 A cognitive model of language and conscious processes
  15. 10 Triple-aspect monism: A conceptual framework for the science of human consciousness
  16. Index