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Cognition, Computation, and Consciousness

By Edmund T. Rolls , Yasushi Miyashita , Masao Ito

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Year
1997
ISBN
0198524145, 9780198524144, 9780585484181
LCC
BF311 .C54872 1997
Open Library ID
OL1001471M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
16 MB (16864965 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
284\281
Time added
2011-04-11 19:55:47

Description

The topic of consciousness is truly multidisciplinary, attracting researchers and theorists from diverse backgrounds. It is now widely accepted that previously disparate areas all have contributions to make to the understanding of the nature of consciousness. Thus, we now have computational scientists, neuroscientists, and philosophers all engaged in the same effort. This book illustrates these three approaches, with chapters provided by some of the most important and provocative figures in the field. The first section is concerned with philosophical approaches to consciousness. One of the fundamental issues here is that of subjective feeling or qualia. The second section focuses on approaches from cognitive neuroscience. Patients with different types of neurological problems, and new imaging techniques, provide rich sources of data for studying how consciousness relates to brain function. The third section includes computational approaches looking at the quantitative relationship between brain processes and conscious experience. Cognition, Computation, and Consciousness represents a uniquely integrated and current account of this most fascinating and intractable subject.

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