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Consciousness: A Mathematical Treatment of the Global Neuronal Workspace Model

Consciousness: A Mathematical Treatment of the Global Neuronal Workspace Model BOOK REVIEW TOWARD AN INFORMATION THEORETICAL IMPLEMENTATION OF CONTEXTUAL CONDITIONS FOR CONSCIOUSNESS Wallace, R. (2005). Consciousness: A Mathematical Treatment of the Global Neuronal Workspace Model. Springer, Berlin. ISBN 0-387-25242-8, Euro 46.95; hbk. A major driving force behind the attention that cognitive neuroscience has received in recent decades is the deep mystery of how consciousness is related to brain activity. Many scientists have been fascinated by the wealth of empirical data for individual neurons, neural assemblies, brain areas, and related psychological and behavioral features, and by progressively powerful computational tools to simulate corresponding cortical networks. At the same time, the interested public has been attracted by fancy illustrations of brain activity (e.g., from imaging techniques) and by pretentious claims of neural solutions to basic philosophical problems (e.g., free will versus determinism) in popular magazines and newspapers. However, heaps of data, extensive simulations, pretty pictures and bold statements cannot replace the insight that is inevitable to relate the available facts to one another in an intelligible manner. I am talking about the old-fashioned stance that understanding is the ultimate goal of scientific effort. In this respect, the need for new conceptual and theoretical ideas in cognitive neuroscience begins to be recognized http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Acta Biotheoretica Springer Journals

Consciousness: A Mathematical Treatment of the Global Neuronal Workspace Model

Acta Biotheoretica , Volume 54 (2) – Jan 1, 2006

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Springer Journals
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Copyright © 2006 by Springer Science + Business Media, Inc.
Subject
Philosophy; Philosophy of Biology; Evolutionary Biology
ISSN
0001-5342
eISSN
1572-8358
DOI
10.1007/s10441-006-8262-4
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Abstract

BOOK REVIEW TOWARD AN INFORMATION THEORETICAL IMPLEMENTATION OF CONTEXTUAL CONDITIONS FOR CONSCIOUSNESS Wallace, R. (2005). Consciousness: A Mathematical Treatment of the Global Neuronal Workspace Model. Springer, Berlin. ISBN 0-387-25242-8, Euro 46.95; hbk. A major driving force behind the attention that cognitive neuroscience has received in recent decades is the deep mystery of how consciousness is related to brain activity. Many scientists have been fascinated by the wealth of empirical data for individual neurons, neural assemblies, brain areas, and related psychological and behavioral features, and by progressively powerful computational tools to simulate corresponding cortical networks. At the same time, the interested public has been attracted by fancy illustrations of brain activity (e.g., from imaging techniques) and by pretentious claims of neural solutions to basic philosophical problems (e.g., free will versus determinism) in popular magazines and newspapers. However, heaps of data, extensive simulations, pretty pictures and bold statements cannot replace the insight that is inevitable to relate the available facts to one another in an intelligible manner. I am talking about the old-fashioned stance that understanding is the ultimate goal of scientific effort. In this respect, the need for new conceptual and theoretical ideas in cognitive neuroscience begins to be recognized

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Published: Jan 1, 2006

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