Computing the mind: how the mind really works
"By analyzing the tasks facing any sentient being that is subject to stimulation and a pressure to act, Shimon Edelman identifies computation as the common denominator in the emerging answers to all these questions. Any system composed of elements that exchange signals with each other and occas...
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| Summary: | "By analyzing the tasks facing any sentient being that is subject to stimulation and a pressure to act, Shimon Edelman identifies computation as the common denominator in the emerging answers to all these questions. Any system composed of elements that exchange signals with each other and occasionally with the rest of the world can be said to be engaged in computation. A brain composed of neurons is one example of a system that computes, and the computations that the neurons collectively carry out constitute the brain's mind." "Edelman presents a computational account of the entire spectrum of cognitive phenomena that constitute the mind. He begins with sentience, and uses examples from visual perception to demonstrate that it must, at its very core, be a type of computation. Throughout his account, Edelman acknowledges the human mind's biological origins. Along the way, he also demystifies traits such as creativity, language, and individual and collective consciousness, and hints at how naturally evolved minds can transcend some of their limitations by moving to computational substrates other than brains. The book should be read by anyone seeking a comprehensive and current introduction to cognitive psychology."--BOOK JACKET. |
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Contents
Preface xi
I Foundations 1
1 Brains, Minds, and Numbers 3
1.1 Minds as organizational entities ............... 4
1.2 Minds as computational entities ............... 7
1.3 About this book........................ 9
2 Computing Minds 13
2.1 Representations, and what they are good for......... 13
2.2 Varieties of representations.................. 20
2.3 Varieties of computation................... 26
2.4 The heart of the mind: hierarchical abstraction........ 30
2.5 Computation ad astra..................... 32
3 Computing Brains 37
3.1 The building blocks: neurons and synapses ......... 38
3.2 Functional architecture of the brain.............. 41
3.3 Neural computation...................... 50
4 The Astonishing Hypothesis 63
4.1 Experimental neuroepistemology............... 64
4.2 The Marr-Poggio program.................. 69
4.3 What kind of computer the brain is.............. 77
II Faculties 83
5 Perception 85
5.1 Perceptual measurement................... 87
5.2 Representation spaces..................... 92
5.3 Perceptual constancies.................... 98
5.4 Perceptual learning...................... 106
5.5 Truth.............................. 121
5.6 Beauty............................. 130
5.7 What it means to see ..................... 137
5.8 Coda.............................. 142
Memory 155
6.1 Memory: a bestiary...................... 157
6.2 Memory is for interaction with the world........... 158
6.3 Simple memory........................ 160
6.4 Navigation and events..................... 172
6.5 Concepts ........................... 178
6.6 Self and others ........................ 194
6.7 Conceptual simulation .................... 202
6.8 Neurobiology of memory................... 207
6.9 Using memory ........................ 212
6.10 Being used by memory.................... 223
Language 235
7.1 The structure of language................... 236
7.2 Learning language structure ................. 247
7.3 Language in context...................... 276
7.4 Language as a (neuro)biological phenomenon........ 285
7.5 Using language........................ 294
Thinking 315
8.1 Computational elements of thinking............. 317
8.2 Problem solving........................ 318
8.3 Reasoning........................... 334
8.4 Decision making ....................... 353
8.5 Thinking out of the box.................... 364
HI Finale 393
9 Being No One 395
9.1 Attention ........................... 397
9.2 Modes of awareness...................... 409
9.3 The phenomenal Self..................... 412
9.4 Access consciousness..................... 426
9.5 The narrative Self....................... 438
9.6 Narratives of others...................... 442
9.7 Altered states......................... 446
9.8 Gone beyond ......................... 455
10 Imagine 463
10.1 Selfhood and freedom..................... 463
10.2 Ethics............................. 472
10.3 Whosoever is wise?...................... 480
11 The Mind in the Act of Finding 497
11.1 On the nature of the quest................... 497
11.2 What we have learned..................... 499
11.3 Where we are headed..................... 503
11.4 Mind games forever...................... 504
Appendix A Bayesian Inference and Decision Making 511
A.I The Bayes Theorem...................... 512
A.2 Using the Bayes Theorem................... 513
Appendix B Mind the Gap 515
B.I Some of the things not included in this book......... 515
B.2 How this book really ends .................. 519
Bibliography 521
Credits 575
Index 591
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