Bright air, brilliant fire
by Gerald M. Edelman, Gerlad Edelman · first published 1992
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We are on the verge of a revolution in neuroscience as significant as the Galilean revolution in physics or the Darwinian revolution in biology. Nobel laureate Gerald M. Edelman takes issue with the many current cognitive and behavioral approaches to the brain that leave biology out of the picture, and argues that the workings of the brain more closely resemble the living ecology of a jungle than they do the activities of a computer. Some startling conclusions emerge from these individuality is necessarily at the very center of what it means to have a mind, no creature is born value-free, and
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On the brain itself: Edelman Bright Air, Brilliant Fire: On the Matter of the Mind On brain and drugs: https://www.google.co.nz/amp/s/www.newscientist.com/article/...
on “Why do placebos work? Scientists identify key brain pathway” ↗For those interested in Edelman's ideas in more detail, I recommend his book "Bright Air, Brilliant Fire". Thought it has been ages since I read it, I at least have retained a very positive impression.
on “Edelman's Steps Toward a Conscious Artifact (2021)” ↗…argued that a biological approach based on evolution and biology will prove more fruitful than the physical symbol system hypothesis(PSSH) of "good old-fashioned AI". Edelman explicates his ideas in "Bright Air, Brilliant Fire: On the Matter of the Mind": (http://www.amazon.com/Bright-Air-Brilliant-Fire-Matter/dp/0465007643/ref=sr_1_1/103-2087616-1051018?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1182842907&sr=1-1). In that book he clearly states…
on “Artificial Intelligence Is Lost in the Woods” ↗