Plato's camera : how the physical brain captures a landscape of abstract universals / Paul M. Churchland.

Author/creator Churchland, Paul M., 1942-
Format Book
Publication InfoCambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2012.
Descriptionx, 289 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Supplemental Contenthttp://mitpress-ebooks.mit.edu/product/platos-camera
Subjects

Contents First-level learning, Part 1: Structural changes in the brain and the development of lasting conceptual frameworks -- First-level learning, Part 2: On the evaluation of maps and their generation by Hebbian learning -- Second-level learning: Dynamical changes in the brain and domain-shifted redeployment of existing concepts -- Third-level learning: The regulation and amplification of first- and second-level learning through a growing network of cultural institutions.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [281]-285) and index.
LCCN 2011021046
ISBN9780262016865 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN0262016869 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Standard identifier# 40020528443

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Joyner General Stacks B945.C473 P63 2012 ✔ Available Place Hold