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The crucible of consciousness an integrated theory of mind and brain / Zoltan Torey ; with a foreword by Daniel C. Dennett.
| Author/creator | Torey, Zoltan |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | 1st MIT Press ed. |
| Publication Info | Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, |
| Description | xvi, 247 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from MIT Press Direct to Open Backfile HSS Monographs |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Foreword / by Daniel C Dennett -- Preface -- Perspective. The problem ; The path to the solution ; Some technical aspects -- The emergence of the human brain. The upgrading of the prehuman brain ; Modifications that underlie language ; The internal representation of the outside world -- Adaptive changes for speech and thought. Dual excitation and the oscillation of attention ; The building blocks of language -- The evolution of language. The breakthrough to protolanguage ; Secondary language evolution ; Using the language instrument ; Language and the limits of abstraction -- More about language. The perceptual basis of language ; The acquisition of language by the child ; Ape talk : a tip without an iceberg -- Self-accessibility. Problems of self-detection ; Elements of self-detection -- Reflection: the key to human awareness. Double-stranded reentrance ; The mechanism of reflective awareness ; Self-awareness -- The mind-system. The new identity : brain to mind ; The alchemy of self-deception ; Problems with self-conceptualization ; The "freedom" of the system : fact and fiction about the mind -- The mind versus the computer. Formalism and the logic of misconstruction ; Model formation and the role of semantics ; Society and the shaping of the mind -- Evolution : the model of the loaded dice. The watershed of insights ; Prejudice and counterprejudice -- Between the quantum and the cosmos. A range of perspectives ; Light at the end of the tunnel. |
| General note | "A Bradford book"--P. [4] of cover. |
| General note | Originally published: Melbourne ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1999. With new foreword. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-229) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2008041421 |
| ISBN | 9780262512848 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 026251284X (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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| Electronic Resources | ✔ Available |