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050 00 $aQP411$b.E345 2000
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100 1 $aEdelman, Gerald M.
245 12 $aA universe of consciousness :$bhow matter becomes imagination /$cGerald M. Edelman and Giulio Tononi.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York, NY :$bBasic Books,$cc2000.
300 $axiii, 274 p. :$bill. ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIllustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Pt. I. The world knot. 1. Consciousness: philosophical paradox or scientific object? ; 2. The special problem of consciousness ; 3. Everyman's private theater: ongoing unity, endless variety -- Pt. II. Consciousness and the brain. 4. Building a picture of the brain ; 5. Consciousness and distributed neural activity ; 6. Neural activity integrated and differentiated -- Pt. III. Mechanisms of consciousness: the Darwinian perspective. 7. Selectionism ; 8. Nonrepresentational memory ; 9. Perception into memory: the remembered present -- Pt. IV. Dealing with plethora: the dynamic core hypothesis. 10. Integration and reenetry ; 11. Consciousness and complexity ; 12. Determining where the knot is tied: the dynamic core hypothesis -- Pt. V. Untangling the knot. 13. Qualia and discrimination ; 14. The conscious and the unconscious -- Pt. VI. Observer time. 15. Language and the self ; 16. Thinking ; 17. Prisoners of description -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Credits -- Index.
650 0 $aConsciousness$xPhysiological aspects.
650 0 $aBrain$xPhysiology.
650 0 $aMind and body.
650 0 $aThought and thinking.
700 1 $aTononi, Giulio.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0831/00271748-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0831/00271748-d.html