The first anaerobic organism extracted energy for survival and reproduction from its source
of nutrients, with the genetic means to ensure protection of its individual genome but also its …

Humanity has been studying the essence and principles of functioning of a human mind
since before Christ. In particular, in the works of the ancient philosophers Socrates …

The aim of this work is to propose an alternative to the computational and internalist model
of the mind proposed by classical cognitive science. I start from underlining the deep …

The main idea--The functioning of a neuron--Brain structure and function--The general
structure of the neural network--Instincts, emotions, free will--The nature of mental objects …

Scientific reductionism--either epistemological (the body of scientific knowledge pertaining a
given domain can explain the knowledge of other domains), ontological (the complexity of …

The problem of the origin of consciousness, on the one hand, and the problem of global
challenges to humanity due to the intellectualization of the technical re-equipment of the …

Philosophy and the neurosciences have a parallel evolution during the ages, since
philosophy is an advanced and elaborated product of cognition and high mental faculties …

In pre-scientific thought mind itself, and its religious perceptions particularly, were
considered gifts from God, injected into a previously created world of matter. By contrast, all …

The first anaerobic organism extracted energy for survival and reproduction from its source
of nutrients, with the genetic means to ensure protection of its individual genome but also its …

The natural sciences share numerous features with human activities that are commonly
addressed as cultural. The essence of science is to explore the world around us and …