Consciousness Emerging: The Dynamics of Perception, Imagination, Action, Memory, Thought, and Language - Couverture souple

Bartsch, Renate

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1588111806 ISBN 13 : 9781588111807

Editeur : John Benjamins Pub Co, 2002

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This study of the workings of neural networks in perception and understanding of situations and simple sentences shows that, and how, distributed conceptual constituents are bound together in episodes within an interactive/dynamic architecture of sensorial and pre-motor maps, and maps of conceptual indicators (semantic memory) and individuating indicators (historical, episodic memory). Activation circuits between these maps make sensorial and pre-motor fields in the brain function as episodic maps creating representations, which are expressions in consciousness. It is argued that all consciousness is episodic, consisting of situational or linguistic representations, and that the mind is the whole of all conscious manifestations of the brain. Thought occurs only in the form of linguistic or image representations. The book also discusses the role of consciousness in the relationship between causal and denotational semantics, and its role for the possibility of representations and rules. Four recent controversies in consciousness research are discussed and decided along this model of consciousness:
· Is consciousness an internal or external monitoring device of brain states?
· Do all conscious states involve thought and judgement?
· Are there different kinds of consciousness?
· Do we have a one-on-one correspondence between certain brain states and conscious states.

The book discusses also the role of consciousness in the relationship between causal and denotational semantics, and its role for the possibility of representations and rules. (Series A)

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: John Benjamins Pub Co
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1588111806
• ISBN 13: 9781588111807
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible