Stairway to the mind : the controversial new science of consciousness.- Scott, Alwyn

New York, New York State Copernicus. Science, Philosophy., Neurosciences., text 229 p. Encuadernación en tapa dura de editorial con sobrecubierta. Idioma Inglés. Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph. Includes bibliographical references (pages [217]-217) and index. English. Description based on print version record. Other format: ISBN: 0-387-94381-1. Contents 1 Introduction -- 2 Quantum Physics, Chemistry, and Consciousness -- Quantum physics -- Chemistry -- Quantum consciousness -- References -- 3 The Chemistry of Life -- Biomolecular structures -- Biomolecular dynamics -- Is life based on the laws of physics? -- References -- 4 The Nerve Afire -- Nerve membrane dynamics -- Nonlinear diffusion -- The Hodgkin-Huxley equations -- Neurodynamics -- References -- 5 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? -- References -- 6 â??An Enchanted Loomâ?? -- 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 -- References -- 7 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 -- References -- 8 â??A Great Arcâ?? 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 -- References -- 9 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 -- References -- 10 â??Then I Tell Them What I Told Themâ?? -- Recapitulation -- Final comments -- Appendices -- A Nonlinearity and Emergence -- B The Mathematics of Quantum Theory -- C The Born-Oppenheimer Approximation -- D Local Modes -- E Schrödingerâ??s Cat -- F Linear and Nonlinear Diffusion -- G The Hodgkin-Huxley Equations -- H Counting Neural Networks -- I An Incomplete Physical Theory -- References . ISBN: 1461225108