Mind from Body: Experience from Neural Structure

Tucker, Don M.

ISBN 10: 0195316983 / ISBN 13: 9780195316988

Published by Oxford University Press, 2007

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New book. Dust jacket has slight shelf wear.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Mind from Body: Experience from Neural Structure
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195316983
• ISBN 13: 9780195316988
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New
• Dimensions: 16.26W x 23.37H x 2.79D centimeters 16.26 centimeters width by 23.37 centimeters height by 2.79 centimeters depth
• Weight: 658 grams

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Synopsis

The neural structures of the brain exist to construct information. They do this by creating concepts that relate internal, personal need to external, environmental reality. Meaning is formed in the brain by neural network patterns that traverse these two structures of experience: the visceral nervous system (representing personal need) and the somatic nervous system (interfacing with external reality). The scientific question is how exactly the brain gets from constructing information to creating meaning. The philosophical question is what this process can tell us about the nature of experience. In the proposed book, Don Tucker addresses both of these questions, and in doing so makes an important contribution to both neuroscience and philosophy.

About the Author

Don M. Tucker is the CEO and Chief Scientist at Electrical Geodesics, Inc. He is Professor of Psychology and Associate Director of the NeuroInformatics Institute at the University of Oregon. His research examines self-regulatory mechanisms of the human brain.