Title: The Consciousness Instinct Pdf Unraveling the Mystery of How the Brain Makes the Mind
"The father of cognitive neuroscience" illuminates the past, present, and future of the mind-brain problem
How do neurons turn into minds? How does physical "stuff" - atoms, molecules, chemicals, and cells - create the vivid and various worlds inside our heads? The problem of consciousness has gnawed at us for millennia. In the last century there have been massive breakthroughs that have rewritten the science of the brain, and yet the puzzles faced by the ancient Greeks are still present. In The Consciousness Instinct, the neuroscience pioneer Michael S. Gazzaniga puts the latest research in conversation with the history of human thinking about the mind, giving a big-picture view of what science has revealed about consciousness.
The idea of the brain as a machine, first proposed centuries ago, has led to assumptions about the relationship between mind and brain that dog scientists and philosophers to this day. Gazzaniga asserts that this model has it backward - brains make machines, but they cannot be reduced to one. New research suggests the brain is actually a confederation of independent modules working together. Understanding how consciousness could emanate from such an organization will help define the future of brain science and artificial intelligence, and close the gap between brain and mind.
Captivating and accessible, with insights drawn from a lifetime at the forefront of the field, The Consciousness Instinct sets the course for the neuroscience of tomorrow.
Left feeling that I missed something. Left me feeling empty. The convincing ideas were nothing new, and the new ideas were not very convincing. Would recommend sticking to his earlier books, which are much more engrossing and informative.An Accessible and entertaining trip into the source of consciousness. I just finished the bookIt IS remarkably clear - for such a complicated subject.It is also warm and engaging and frequently funny.I loved the first third about mankind's grappling with the concept of consciousness throughout history.I then hung on through the next third detailing the architecture of the brain - which would normally have scared me off, but is necessary to really grasp where the author is taking us. Tackling this part is made easier by Gazzaniga’s witty and fluid explanations. (Layers and modules and bubbles, oh my!)I then enjoyed the last third (while barely clinging by my fingertips to each fast-appearing new concept) wherein the reader winds up on the “sunny side of the Schnitt” (you have to read it!).It’s entertaining, enlightening, and accessible to even a stumbling layman like myself.It is also as upsetting of previous notions as a really fresh approach must be.And, in all, it is a pleasure to read!A tour de force!He’s on to something It’s comforting to think that Darwin’s marvelous finding applies to our consciousness. It’s just hard to understand how it can be so.
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