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Consciousness : its nature and functions /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Nova Publishers,
©2012.
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| Colección: | Perspectives on cognitive psychology.
Psychology research progress series. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- CONSCIOUSNESS: ITS NATURE AND FUNCTIONS; CONSCIOUSNESS: ITS NATURE AND FUNCTIONS; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION: CONSCIOUSNESS IS THE NEXT STAGE OF EVOLUTION; THE PHILOSOPHICAL APPROACH; Chapter 2: TOWARDS A THEORY OF AWARENESS AND OF CONSCIOUSNESS; ABSTRACT; PREFACE; CASE STUDY: SPEED READING; EXPLAINING VERSUS EXPLAINING AWAY; AWARENESS OBSERVED; TO UNIFY DIVERSE STUDIES; SCIENTIFIC JUSTIFICATION VERSUS SCIENTIFIC DISPUTES; TRADITIONAL STUDIES OF CONSCIOUSNESS; CONCLUSION: THE METAPHYSICAL DISPUTE IS UNAVOIDABLE; BIBLIOGRAPHY.
- THE HISTORICAL-CULTURAL APPROACHChapter 3: PSYCHOLOGICAL EVOLUTION OF CONSCIOUSNESS; ABSTRACT; THE QUESTION ABOUT THE ORIGINS OF CONSCIOUSNESS; APPROACHES TO PSYCHOLOGICAL EVOLUTION OF CONSCIOUSNESS; Conscious Evolution; Archetypally-Conditioned Evolution; Meaning-Based Evolution; From Bicamerality Onward; SOME CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; THE BIOLOGICAL APPROACH; Chapter 4: CONSCIOUSNESS: THE PERSPECTIVE OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION TO THE PROBLEM; THE SITUATION OF THE ESTABLISHED BIOLOGY; DARWINISM AND THE SYNTHETIC THEORY; MODELS OF ORIGIN AND THE EARLY EVOLUTION OF LIFE.
- CRITICISM OF REDUCTIONISMTOWARDS NEW FOUNDATIONS OF ORGANISMIC THEORY; MEDICINE; THE THEORY OF ORGANISMIC CONSTRUCTIONS; NEW RESULTS AND CORROBORATION; AUTONOMY OF ORGANISMIC CONSTRUCTIONS; RELATIONS WITH THE ENVIRONMENT; FUNCTIONAL INTERDEPENDENCIES; MOTORIUM AND SENSORIUM; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE NETS AND MEDULLAR STRAND SYSTEMS; GANGLION COMPLEXES; INCREASED INTEGRATION UNITS; ONTOGENESIS; RECEPTORS AND SENSE ORGANS; SPECIFICITY IN SENSORY STRUCTURES; ORGANISMS AND ENVIRONMENT; THE THEORY OF THE FUNCTIONAL CYCLE; FOR EXAMPLE: THREE-DIMENSIONAL SPACE
- IS IT A NATURAL ENTITY OR A CONSTRUCTION?
- ENVIRONMENTAL ADAPTATION OF PERCEPTION?
- REFUTATION OF EVOLUTIONARY EPISTEMOLOGYEVOLUTION OF COGNITION; CULTURAL IMPLICATIONS; REFERENCES; THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL APPROACH; Chapter 5: CONSCIOUSNESS AND INDIGENOUS HEALING SYSTEMS: BETWEEN INDIGENOUS PERCEPTIONS AND NEUROSCIENCE; ABSTRACT; PROLOGUE; INTRODUCTION; SHADOW-SOULS, DREAM AGENTS, TRUE SOULS. INDIGENOUS INTERPRETATIONS OF CONSCIOUSNESS?; FROM DREAMS TO NEUROSCIENCE; CONSCIOUSNESSES AND INDIGENOUS HEALING SYSTEMS; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; THE SOCIOLOGICAL APPROACH; Chapter 6: CONSCIOUSNESS: SOCIOLOGICAL APPROACHES; ABSTRACT.
- 1. INTRODUCTION2. FOUNDING CONSCIOUSNESS: PHILOSOPHICAL UNDERPINNINGS AND SOCIOLOGICAL WORKING OUT; 2.1. Collective Consciousness; 2.2. Class Consciousness; 2.3. Structure of Consciousness; 3. CURRENT CONCEPTIONS TO CONSCIOUSNESS; 4. ANALYTIC NOTES AND CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT; REFERENCES; THE EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES; Chapter 8: BODILY AWARENESS, CONSCIOUSNESS AND MODIFICATIONS OF EXISTENTIAL VALUES IN OUT-OF-THE NORM EXPERIENCES: THE TRANSPLANTED PATIENTS' PERSPECTIVE; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. RELATION TO THE BODY AND BODILY AWARENESS IN THE COURSE OF TRANSPLANTATION.