How Can Physics Underlie the Mind? Top-Down Causation in the Human Context /

Physics underlies all complexity, including our own existence: how is this possible? How can our own lives emerge from interactions of electrons, protons, and neutrons? This book considers the interaction of physical and non-physical causation in complex systems such as living beings, and in particu...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ellis, George (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edición:1st ed. 2016.
Colección:The Frontiers Collection,
Temas:
System theory.
Neurosciences.
Evolution (Biology).
Knowledge, Theory of.
Mathematical physics.
Complex Systems.
Neuroscience.
Evolutionary Biology.
Epistemology.
Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Complexity and Emergence
  • Digital Computer Systems
  • The Basis of Complexity
  • Different Kinds of Top-Down Effects
  • Room at the Bottom?
  • The Foundations: Physics and Top-Down Causation
  • The Mind and the Brain
  • The Broader View.

Ejemplares similares