How Subjects Can Emerge from Neurons

We pose a foundational problem for those who claim that subjects are ontologically irreducible, but causally reducible (weak emergence). This problem is neuroscience's notorious binding problem, which concerns how distributed neural areas produce unified mental objects (such as perceptions) and...

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Authors: LaRock, Eric (Author) ; Jones, Mostyn (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Illinois Press [2019]
In: Process studies
Year: 2019, Volume: 48, Issue: 1, Pages: 40-58
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Subject (Philosophy) / Thinking / Emergence / Neuron / Neurosciences
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