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Synopsis
This is a volume of thoughtful essays by a group of scientific leaders from physics, cognitive psychology, cognitive science, the philosophy of science, artificial intelligence, and brain physiology. It addresses fundamental issues such as, in the words of one of the contributors, 'How a mind resides in a brain.' The essays are set in the framework of the evolving scientific concept of complex adaptive systems, the basis for which is laid in an impressive essay by another Nobelist, physicist Murray Gell-Mann.
Booknews
From a May 1993 conference at George Mason University, 13 papers discuss the relationship between the mind and the brain within the evolving framework of complex adaptive systems. Among the topics are the neurobiology of mental representation, the brain architecture that bears on the organization of human memory, and the possibility of formulating a parallel distributed process computer simulation of daydreaming and nightdreaming. By and for scientists in a broad range of disciplines, and so assumes no particular specialty. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)