How Can Physics Underlie the Mind? Top-Down Causation in the Human Context
Physics underlies all complexity, including our own existence: how is this possible? How can our own lives emerge from interactions of electrons, protons, and neutrons? This book considers the interaction of physical and non-physical causation in complex systems such as living beings, and in particu...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
2016, 2016
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2016 |
| Series: | The Frontiers Collection
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Complexity and Emergence
- Digital Computer Systems
- The Basis of Complexity
- Different Kinds of Top-Down Effects
- Room at the Bottom?
- The Foundations: Physics and Top-Down Causation
- The Mind and the Brain
- The Broader View