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- 97075983 contributor B8094554.
- 97075983 created "c1998.".
- 97075983 date "1998".
- 97075983 date "c1998.".
- 97075983 dateCopyrighted "c1998.".
- 97075983 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [304]-[319]).".
- 97075983 description "Machine generated contents note: Introduction x -- PART I: THE NATURAL FOUNDATIONS OF HUMAN EXISTENCE -- 1. Cosmology as Self-Organization 2 -- Or: On The Physics of Life -- Nature Emerges -- Evolution by Natural Selection -- Emergent Levels in Darwinian Evolution -- Emergence as a Scientific Concept -- The Role of Classical Physics -- On Freedom of Choice -- 2. Biological Evolution as Knowledge Gathering 22 -- Or: The Roots of Cognition -- The Cell-Principal Machinery of Life -- The Origin of Life, Lives of a Cell, and Cellular Automata -- Philosophical Insert 1: Metaphysical Musings -- Multicellular Organisms and the Need for Communication and Control -- Neurons -- Simple Neural Systems and Their Behavior -- A First Look at Ethology -- From Motor Learning to Innate Curiosity -- 3. The Emotions of Being 51 -- Or: The Roots of Will -- The Four Types of Aggression -- The Taming of Aggression -- Aggression in Humans -- The Rituals of Bonding -- The Similarity Bond and Beyond -- 4. The Primate Mind 65 -- The Uneasy Society of Baboons -- Our Cousins, the Chimpanzees -- Chimpanzee Wars -- The Moral Imperative -- The Origin of Thought and Language -- Philosophical Insert 2: Conclusions for the Theory of Knowledge -- 5. THE BRAIN AND ITS EVOLUTION 99 -- Preface to Brain -- Self-Organized Intelligence in Artificial Neural Networks -- The Brain's Architecture and Evolution -- Cortical Localization and the Basic Dualism -- Intelligent Cortical Systems -- Limbic System and the Frontal Lobe -- The Networks of Consciousness -- Philosophical Insert 3: The So-Called Problem of Consciousness -- 6. From Neuroscience to Psychology 152 -- Jean Piaget and Self-Adaptation of the Neocortex -- Dreams and Self-Adaptation of the Neocortex -- The Central Interpreter-Storyteller at Work -- C. G. Jung's Psychology and the Neurological Model -- PART II: BEYOND HUMAN NATURE -- Preface to Part II 179 -- 7. Neurological Dualism in Cultural Evolution 181 -- Cultural Versus Genetic Evolution -- In the Garden of Eden -- The Fall From Grace and the Ego System -- Philosophical Insert 4: Evolutionary Epistemology Revisited -- 8. From Religion to Reason 205 -- The Origin of Religion in the Neurological Dualism -- Shamanism-The Earliest Religion -- The Four Ways of Agriculturists -- Early Syntheses -- The Ego System Comes of Age -- Christianity-The Blessed Illusion -- The Quest Fulfilled? -- 9. The Pains of Success and Beyond 250 -- An Unexpected Constraint: The World Ecosystem -- The Irresponsible Childhood of Humanity -- Industrial Revolution-Adolescent Prelude to the Future -- Catastrophe or Smooth Transition? -- Conclusions on Political Theory -- Epilogue 280 -- Vignette 1-Cell Biology 284 -- Vignette 2-Natural Selection 293 -- Vignette 3-Artificial Neural Networks 296 -- Literature Cited 304.".
- 97075983 extent "xix, 303 p. :".
- 97075983 identifier "1571971017".
- 97075983 identifier 97075983.html.
- 97075983 issued "1998".
- 97075983 issued "c1998.".
- 97075983 language "eng".
- 97075983 publisher "Raleigh, N.C., U.S.A. : Pentland Press,".
- 97075983 subject "146/.7 21".
- 97075983 subject "B818 .E34 1998".
- 97075983 subject "Cosmology.".
- 97075983 subject "Evolution.".
- 97075983 subject "Neurophysiology.".
- 97075983 subject "Neuropsychology.".
- 97075983 subject "Ontology.".
- 97075983 subject "Religion.".
- 97075983 tableOfContents "Machine generated contents note: Introduction x -- PART I: THE NATURAL FOUNDATIONS OF HUMAN EXISTENCE -- 1. Cosmology as Self-Organization 2 -- Or: On The Physics of Life -- Nature Emerges -- Evolution by Natural Selection -- Emergent Levels in Darwinian Evolution -- Emergence as a Scientific Concept -- The Role of Classical Physics -- On Freedom of Choice -- 2. Biological Evolution as Knowledge Gathering 22 -- Or: The Roots of Cognition -- The Cell-Principal Machinery of Life -- The Origin of Life, Lives of a Cell, and Cellular Automata -- Philosophical Insert 1: Metaphysical Musings -- Multicellular Organisms and the Need for Communication and Control -- Neurons -- Simple Neural Systems and Their Behavior -- A First Look at Ethology -- From Motor Learning to Innate Curiosity -- 3. The Emotions of Being 51 -- Or: The Roots of Will -- The Four Types of Aggression -- The Taming of Aggression -- Aggression in Humans -- The Rituals of Bonding -- The Similarity Bond and Beyond -- 4. The Primate Mind 65 -- The Uneasy Society of Baboons -- Our Cousins, the Chimpanzees -- Chimpanzee Wars -- The Moral Imperative -- The Origin of Thought and Language -- Philosophical Insert 2: Conclusions for the Theory of Knowledge -- 5. THE BRAIN AND ITS EVOLUTION 99 -- Preface to Brain -- Self-Organized Intelligence in Artificial Neural Networks -- The Brain's Architecture and Evolution -- Cortical Localization and the Basic Dualism -- Intelligent Cortical Systems -- Limbic System and the Frontal Lobe -- The Networks of Consciousness -- Philosophical Insert 3: The So-Called Problem of Consciousness -- 6. From Neuroscience to Psychology 152 -- Jean Piaget and Self-Adaptation of the Neocortex -- Dreams and Self-Adaptation of the Neocortex -- The Central Interpreter-Storyteller at Work -- C. G. Jung's Psychology and the Neurological Model -- PART II: BEYOND HUMAN NATURE -- Preface to Part II 179 -- 7. Neurological Dualism in Cultural Evolution 181 -- Cultural Versus Genetic Evolution -- In the Garden of Eden -- The Fall From Grace and the Ego System -- Philosophical Insert 4: Evolutionary Epistemology Revisited -- 8. From Religion to Reason 205 -- The Origin of Religion in the Neurological Dualism -- Shamanism-The Earliest Religion -- The Four Ways of Agriculturists -- Early Syntheses -- The Ego System Comes of Age -- Christianity-The Blessed Illusion -- The Quest Fulfilled? -- 9. The Pains of Success and Beyond 250 -- An Unexpected Constraint: The World Ecosystem -- The Irresponsible Childhood of Humanity -- Industrial Revolution-Adolescent Prelude to the Future -- Catastrophe or Smooth Transition? -- Conclusions on Political Theory -- Epilogue 280 -- Vignette 1-Cell Biology 284 -- Vignette 2-Natural Selection 293 -- Vignette 3-Artificial Neural Networks 296 -- Literature Cited 304.".
- 97075983 title "From the big bang to the human predicament : outline of an ultimate evolutionary synthesis / by Nikolai Eberhardt.".
- 97075983 type "text".