This chapter hints at new answers to a set of functional questions. The ontology of the mind,
whatever its ultimate substance may be, diversifies into mental contents in whose making …

In 2007, ten world-renowned neuroscientists, including James Albus, George Bekey, John
Holland, Nancy Kanwisher, Jeffrey Krichmar, Mortimer Mishkin, Dharmendra Modha, Marcus …

To think about the mind, the self, the will and consciousness used to be left to philosophy.
Today neuroscience, genetics and computer science seem poised to take over these topics …

The tremendous expansion and the differentiation of the neocortex constitute two major
events in the evolution of the mammalian brain. The increase in size and complexity of our …

In this chapter cognition is approached as the product of a long biological and social-cultural
evolution starting with elementary forms of sensations and reactions to isolated properties …

This chapter traces that there are strong indications that the loose federation of sciences
dealing with knowledge and cognition—the cognitive sciences—are slowly growing in the …

Some relevant elements that may combine in composing the apocalypse are the distinction
of periods or eras, the linear notion of time, a vision of future events, the feeling of being …

The advancement of modern science, particularly in neuroscience and physics, may have
reached the level of knowledge that enables us to be at the cusp of a new grand unified …

Humans and other living things, including plants, communicate information about
themselves and the world around them to each other in various ways, including through the …

The problem of consciousness is one of the both most fascinating and most difficult both of
philosophy and of individual sciences. Can consciousness be regarded separa-tely from …