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Brain, mind, and the structure of reality / Paul L. Nunez.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nunez, Paul L., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Consciousness.
- Neuropsychology.
- Cognitive neuroscience.
- Consciousness--physiology.
- Brain--physiology.
- Medical Subjects:
- Consciousness--physiology.
- Brain--physiology.
- Consciousness.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (ix, 306 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Does the brain create the mind, or is some external entity involved? This book synthesizes ideas borrowed from philosophy religion, and science. Topics range widely from brain imagining of thought processes to quantum mechanics and the essential role of information in brains and physical systems.
- Contents:
- Many faces of consciousness
- Ethics, religion, and the identity of self
- States of mind
- Why hearts don't love and brains don't pump
- EEG : a window on the mind
- Dynamic patterns as shadows of thought
- Networks, waves, and resonant binding
- The limits of science : What do we really know?
- Modern physics, cosmology, and consciousness
- The weird behavior of quantum systems
- Ontological interpretations of quantum mechanics
- Does the brain create the mind?.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780199776269 (ebook) :
- 0199776261 (ebook) :
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