Changing mind : transitions in natural and artificial environments / Franco F. Orsucci.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Orsucci, Franco.

Series:

Studies of Nonlinear Phenomena in Life Science

Studies of nonlinear phenomena in life sciences ; v. 9

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mind and body.

Nonlinear systems.

Cognitive science.

Neurosciences.

Complexity (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 p.)

Place of Publication:

River Edge, NJ : World Scientific, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book applies complexity theory to cognitive science, and the result is a transformation of this field. It proposes a biophysical theory of human relations, attempting to expand all its implications (for research and theory). It presents the potential clinical applications of this theory in neuroscience and clinical psychology - a general theory of mind change.

Contents:

Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; Chapter 1: E-Mergence; 1.1 E-Mergence; 1.1.1 The emerging mind; 1.1.2 Pre-Socratic shamans; 1.1.3 Birth of Western natural philosophy; 1.1.4 Maps; 1.1.5 Klinamen; 1.1.6 Symmetry; 1.1.7 Physiologoi; 1.2 Totem-clans; 1.2.1 Table of Contraries; 1.3 Ecstasy vs. enthusiasm; 1.3.1 Daemons; 1.3.2 Olympian and Mystery Gods; 1.4 Physis and Nature; 1.4.1 Art of philosophy; 1.4.2 Language of philosophy; 1.4.3 A multiplicity of languages; 1.5 Sum ergo cogito; 1.5.1 Principium individuationis; 1.6 Emergence vs. Fusion; 1.6.1 Hyper-structures

1.6.2 Emergence in hyper-structures1.7 Interactions as morphisms; 1.7.1 Autopoiesis; 1.7.2 The Ob-server; 1.8 Reductionism and non-reductionism; 1.8.1 Explanation and insight; 1.8.2 The emerging mind; Chapter 2: Semiosis; 2.1 The empire of signs; 2.1.1 The power of negative; 2.1.2 Expressions of life; 2.2 Language as a dynamical system; 2.2.1 Language forms; 2.3 Language and reality; 2.4 Olfaction; 2.4.1 The smell of emotions; 2.4.2 Smell dynamics; 2.4.3 The epistemology of olfaction; 2.4.4 A model for olfaction; 2.5 Neural learning; 2.5.1 Synchrony; 2.5.2 Memory of smell; 2.5.3 Orders

2.6 Human information2.6.1 Kinds of orders; 2.7 Combinations; 2.7.1 Recurrences; 2.7.2 The Voynich mystery; 2.8 Mediations; Chapter 3 Icon; 3.1 Icon power; 3.1.1 Phantasma; 3.1.2 Iconic; 3.1.3 Ideas; 3.1.4 Thought stuff; 3.2 Introspection vs. behavior?; 3.2.1 Revival; 3.2.2 Debates; 3.3 Re-Presentation; 3.3.1 Things; 3.4 Presentation; 3.4.1 Imago; 3.4.2 Sensible objects; 3.4.3 Peircean iconicity; 3.5 Index; 3.5.1 Indexes; 3.5.2 Abduction; 3.5.3 Semiotic streams; 3.6 Psychoanalysis; 3.6.1 Wunschphantasie; 3.6.2 Other subjects; 3.7 Urszenen; 3.7.1 Polymorph; 3.8 Transitional phenomena

3.9 Autistic shapes3.10 Embodied cognition; 3.10.1 Landscapes; 3.10.2 Image search; 3.10.3 Analog vs digital; 3.10.4 Observers; 3.11 Simulacra; 3.11.1 Discrete emergence; Chapter 4: Couplings; 4.1 Antecedents; 4.2 Biological rhythms; 4.2.1 Chronobiology; 4.2.2 Darwin; 4.2.3 Gene rhythms; 4.3 Dynamical diseases; 4.3.1 Neuroscience; 4.3.2 Mood disorders; 4.3.3 Schizophrenia; 4.3.4 Alexithymia; 4.4 Systemic health; 4.5 Psychobiological couplings; 4.6 Minds in synchronization; 4.6.1 Natural vs controlled dialogue; 4.7 Cure environments; Chapter 5: Co-Evolution; 5.1 Love Dynamics; 5.1.1 ODEs

?5.1.2 Oblivion Return and Instinct5.1.3 The third model; 5.1.4 Romantic and fragile; 5.1.5 Synergism; 5.2 Dynamical love; 5.3 Synchronization; 5.3.1 Neural synchronization; 5.4 Synchronization and control; 5.4.1 Controlling chaos; 5.5 Controlling co-evolution; 5.5.1 OGY; 5.6 Variation and selection; 5.6.1 Learning from experience; Chapter 6: Change; 6.1 Transitions; 6.1.1 Symbiosis; 6.1.2 Fitness landscapes; 6.2 The Adjacent Possible; 6.2.1 Alliance for cure; 6.2.2 Rhythms for entrainment; 6.2.3 Einfall; 6.3 Play; 6.3.1 Play is SOC; 6.4 Changing minds; 6.5 Origins of sex; 6.6 Windows of time

6.7 Doubling

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-206) and index.

ISBN:

9786611929596

9781281929594

128192959X

9789812777287

9812777288