Brain-Mind: From Neurons to Consciousness and Creativity

Cover
Series
Brain–Mind
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
List of Illustrations
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. What Are Minds?
	Why Minds Matter
	What Are Minds?
	Cognitive Science
	Representations and Processes
	Mechanisms
	Looking Ahead
	Summary and Discussion
	Notes
	Project
2. How Brains Make Minds
	Why Brains Matter to Mind and Society
	Thinking with Cells
	Neurons
	Neural Groups
	Combining Neural Representations
	Semantic Pointers
	The Semantic Pointer Architecture
	Innateness versus Learning
	Summary and Discussion
	Appendix: Details and Comparisons
	Notes
	Project
3. Perception and Imagery
	Why Perception and Imagery Matter to Mind and Society
	From Sensation to Perception to Imagery
	External Senses
	Internal Senses
	Imagery
	Mental Mechanisms for Imagery
	Neural Mechanisms for Imagery
	Uses of Imagery
	Summary and Discussion
	Notes
	Project
4. Concepts
	Why Concepts Matter to Mind and Society
	Theories of Concepts
	Neural Mechanisms for Concepts
	Uses of Concepts
	Summary and Discussion
	Notes
	Project
5. Rules
	Why Rules Matter to Mind and Society
	Mental Mechanisms for Rules
	Neural Mechanisms for Rules
	Uses of Rules
	Summary and Discussion
	Notes
	Project
6. Analogies
	Why Analogies Matter to Mind and Society
	Mental Mechanisms for Analogy
	Neural Mechanisms for Analogy
	Uses of Analogies
	Summary and Discussion
	Notes
	Project
7. Emotions
	Why Emotions Matter to Mind and Society
	Psychological Theories of Emotion
	Neural Mechanisms for Emotions
	Uses of Emotions
	Summary and Discussion
	Notes
	Project
8. Consciousness
	Why Consciousness Matters to Mind and Society
	Psychological Theories of Consciousness
	Neural Mechanisms for Consciousness
	Uses of Consciousness
	Summary and Discussion
	Notes
	Project
9. Action and Intention
	Why Actions Matter to Mind and Society
	Psychological Theories of Action, Intention, and Will
	Neural Mechanisms for Action and Intention
	Uses of Action and Intention
	Summary and Discussion
	Notes
	Project
10. Language
	Why Language Matters to Mind and Society
	Syntax First: Chomsky
	Integrating Syntax, Semantics, and Phonology
	Meaning
	Conceptual Blending
	Metaphor
	Innateness and Language Learning
	Summary and Discussion
	Notes
	Project
11. Creativity
	Why Creativity Matters to Mind and Society
	What Is Creativity?
	Images
	Concepts
	Rules
	Procedural Creativity
	Analogies and Metaphors
	Emotions
	Case Study: CRISPR/​Cas9
	Summary and Discussion
	Notes
	Project
12. The Self
	Why the Self Matters to Mind and Society
	What Is the Self?
	Semantic Pointers for Self-​Representation
	Semantic Pointer Mechanisms for Self-​Effecting and Self-​Changing
	Multilevel Systems
	Molecular Mechanisms
	Social Mechanisms
	Summary and Discussion
	Notes
	Project
References
Name Index
subject Index