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- catalog abstract ""Dr. Gerald M. Edelman draws on a lifetime of scientific inquiry into the workings of the brain to formulate answers to the mind-body questions that intrigue all thinking people. In direct, non-technical language, he explains pertinent facts about neuroscience and describes how consciousness arises in complex brains. Edelman explores the relation of consciousness to causation, to evolution, to the development of the self, and to the origins of feelings, learning, and memory. He examines the connection of language to higher-order consciousness, and he seeks to clarify the place of values in a world of facts." "Wider Than the Sky presents an analysis of the brain activities underlying consciousness that is based on remarkable recent advances in biochemistry, immunology, medical imaging, neuroscience, and evolutionary biology. But the implications of this rewarding book extend farther, well beyond the worlds of science and medicine into virtually every area of human inquiry."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b13167936.
- catalog created "c2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "c2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2004.".
- catalog description ""Dr. Gerald M. Edelman draws on a lifetime of scientific inquiry into the workings of the brain to formulate answers to the mind-body questions that intrigue all thinking people. In direct, non-technical language, he explains pertinent facts about neuroscience and describes how consciousness arises in complex brains. Edelman explores the relation of consciousness to causation, to evolution, to the development of the self, and to the origins of feelings, learning, and memory. He examines the connection of language to higher-order consciousness, and he seeks to clarify the place of values in a world of facts." "Wider Than the Sky presents an analysis of the brain activities underlying consciousness that is based on remarkable recent advances in biochemistry, immunology, medical imaging, neuroscience, and evolutionary biology. But the implications of this rewarding book extend farther, well beyond the worlds of science and medicine into virtually every area of human inquiry."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-185) and index.".
- catalog description "The mind of man: completing Darwin's program -- Consciousness: the remembered present -- Elements of the brain -- Neural Darwinism: a global brain theory -- The mechanisms of consciousness -- Wider than the sky: qualia, unity, and complexity -- Consciousness and causation: the phenomenal transform -- The conscious and the nonconscious: automaticity and attention -- Higher-order consciousness and representation -- Theory and the properties of consciousness -- Identity: the self, mortality, and value -- Mind and body: some consequences.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 201 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0300102291 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "c2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New Haven : Yale University Press,".
- catalog subject "153 22".
- catalog subject "2004 E-234".
- catalog subject "Brain Physiology.".
- catalog subject "Brain physiology.".
- catalog subject "Consciousness Physiological aspects.".
- catalog subject "Consciousness physiology.".
- catalog subject "QP411 .E346 2004".
- catalog subject "WL 705 E21w 2004".
- catalog tableOfContents "The mind of man: completing Darwin's program -- Consciousness: the remembered present -- Elements of the brain -- Neural Darwinism: a global brain theory -- The mechanisms of consciousness -- Wider than the sky: qualia, unity, and complexity -- Consciousness and causation: the phenomenal transform -- The conscious and the nonconscious: automaticity and attention -- Higher-order consciousness and representation -- Theory and the properties of consciousness -- Identity: the self, mortality, and value -- Mind and body: some consequences.".
- catalog title "Wider than the sky : the phenomenal gift of consciousness / Gerald M. Edelman.".
- catalog type "text".