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010 _a 2018033233
020 _a9780190678715 (hardcover)
020 _a9780197618592 (paperback)
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_beng
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050 0 0 _aQP360.5
_bT43 2019
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100 1 _aThagard, Paul,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aBrain-mind :
_bfrom neurons to consciousness and creativity /
_cPaul Thagard.
264 1 _aNew York, NY :
_bOxford University Press,
_c[2019]
300 _axvii, 318 pages ;
_c25 cm.
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aWhat are minds? -- How brains make minds -- Perception and imagery -- Concepts -- Rules -- Analogies -- Emotions -- Consciousness -- Action and intention -- Language -- Creativity -- The self.
520 _a"Brain-Mind presents a unified, brain-based theory of cognition and emotion, with applications to the most complex kinds of thinking, right up to consciousness and creativity. Unification comes from systematic application of Chris Eliasmith's powerful new Semantic Pointer Architecture, a highly original synthesis of neural network and symbolic ideas about how the mind works. Thagard will show the relevance of semantic pointers to a full range of important kinds of mental representations, from sensations and imagery to concepts, rules, analogies, and emotions. Neural mechanisms can then be used to explain many phenomena concerning consciousness, action, intention, language, creativity, and the self. Because of their broad importance, Thagard has tried to make Eliasmith's ideas accessible to a broad audience with no special background in neuroscience or mathematics. The value of a unified theory of thinking goes well beyond psychology, neuroscience, and the other cognitive sciences"--
_cProvided by publisher.
650 0 _aCognitive neuroscience.
650 0 _aMind and body.
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