The brain/mind complex. An epistemological approach. |
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Authors: | W L Sanvito |
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Affiliation: | Disciplina de Neurologia, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Santa Casa, S?o Paulo, Brasil. |
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Abstract: | It is stressed that the brain/mind complex constitutes a monolithic system that functions with emergent properties at several levels of hierarchical organization. These hierarchical levels are non-reducible to one another; they are at least three (neuronal, functional, and semantic), and they function within an interactional plan. From the epistemological view-point, the brain/mind complex uses logical and non-logical mechanisms to deal with day-to-day problems. Logic is necessary for the thinking process, but it is not sufficient. Emphasis is given to non-logical mechanisms; fuzzy logic and heuristics, which allow the mind to develop strategies to find solutions, are analysed. |
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