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Group: relationship between brain and behavior
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artificial neuron nets
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coordinated motor programs
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coordinated movement
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equal simplicity
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reflex circle
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sense perception
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sensory prediction in coordinated motion
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vitalism, the soul
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walking
artificial intelligence
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formalism
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hypertext
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natural language
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parallel processing
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philosophy
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philosophy of science
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psychology
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biology
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children vs. adults
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consciousness
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intelligent machines
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language and life as a game
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limitations of artificial intelligence and cognitive science
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man-machine symbiosis
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metaphysics and epistemology
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reality is a machine
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recognition
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philosophy of mind
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pidgin and creole languages
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self-regulating systems
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thought is computational
Summary
What is the relationship between brain and behavior? Searle's view is that the brain is the cause of behavior and that consciousness and voluntary action is a simple fact. Mental events appear to be a property of the whole instead of individual processes.Maturana and Varela's view is that behavior concerns the entire system in the form of an autopoietic machine. Dreyfus conjectures that mind may depend on the locomotive system. Simon sees the complexity of behavior as reflecting a complex environment. Reed sees it in the effects on the environment. Pattee sees it through an emphasis on continuous dynamical processes over discrete symbolic processes. Dyson and Penrose see it as an amplification of quantum choices.
Cherniak estimates the size of the brain and observes that its design must be representable in DNA. This looks way off. How can DNA be everything? More likely it's DNA in interaction with reality. (cbb 6/94)
Subtopic: mind from body
Quote: although flesh contains the mind, mind and flesh are closer bound than contents and container
Subtopic: mind from nervous system
Quote: mind stays true to type; if the mind was deathless and changeable, deer might attack hounds, hawk flee doves, man lack logic [»lucr_55] Quote: nothing is born for our use; rather, that which is borne creates its own use; the tongue predates the word [»lucr_55]
Subtopic: mind not from nervous system
Quote: everything that matters to our mental life is caused by the nervous system; no mental events from outside events that do not effect the brain [»searJR_1984] Quote: in general, our commonsense, mentalistic conception of ourselves is consistent with nature as a physical system [»searJR_1984] Quote: we cannot discover that we do not have minds with conscious, subjective mental states, nor that we do not at least try to engage in voluntary action
Subtopic: learning
Quote: mental events are not particular, neuro-physiological processes because an event, e.g., money, has too much physical variability [»searJR_1984]
Subtopic: nervous system vs. motor system
Quote: learning is the continuous change in the capacity of the nervous system to produce behavior; not the accumulation of representations [»matuHR_1980]
Subtopic: emotion due to body
Quote: the work of the central nervous system may depend on the locomotive system; i.e., intelligence derived from locomotion [»dreyHL_1979] Quote: theory of indirect action: act on our environment by causing our bodies to move [»reedES_1984] Quote: is the brain or the muscle the ruling Tzar when you jump, walk, and run? [»bernNA_1947]
Subtopic: dynamics vs. symbols
Quote: emotion is closely tied to its bodily symptoms; the trembling lips of fear, the flushed face of rage [»jameW_1890, OK]
Subtopic: mind is referential
Quote: Complementarity Principle for living systems--nature uses dynamics to the fullest while symbols used sparingly for direction and simplification [»turvMT_1984]
Subtopic: reason is symbolic
Quote: if use purpose or function, can not characterize living systems as autonomous entities; intrinsically referential [»matuHR_1980]
Subtopic: complexity due to environment
Quote: reason is nothing but adding and subtracting the consequences of general names; marking when we think, and signifying when we communicate [»hobbT_1651, OK]
Subtopic: mind as quantum choices
Quote: the complexity of an ant's behavior is due to its environment; perhaps the same holds for humans [»simoHA_1981] Quote: science of the artificial--identify the characteristics of a goal and hence predict behavior; few assumptions about organism or environment [»simoHA_1981] Quote: consider a person's memory as part of his/her environment [»simoHA_1981]
Subtopic: size of brain
Quote: our brains appear to be devices for amplifying the mental component of quantum choices made by molecules inside our heads [»dysoF_1988] Quote: perhaps mind is quantum gravity selecting one of many superpositioned alternatives [»penrR_1989]
Subtopic: localization of brain function
Quote: estimates that the brain contains about 5 x 10^13 synapses or about one million per cognitive/perceptual element [»cherC5_1988] Quote: the brain's design must be representable in DNA; i.e. less than 3 billion base units; much smaller than SDI software [»cherC5_1988] Quote: the cognitive/perceptual/motor system contains about three million items [»cherC5_1988]
Quote: localization is the anatomical interrelationships between brain functions; i.e., the organization of neural activity? [»bernN_1935]
Topic: artificial neuron nets (29 items)
Topic: coordinated motor programs (29 items)
Topic: coordinated movement (58 items)
Topic: equal simplicity (15 items)
Topic: reflex circle (20 items)
Topic: sense perception (55 items)
Topic: sensory prediction in coordinated motion (9 items)
Topic: vitalism, the soul (73 items)
Topic: walking
(20 items)
Group: artificial intelligence (14 topics, 509 quotes)
Group: formalism (9 topics, 478 quotes)
Group: hypertext (44 topics, 786 quotes)
Group: natural language (16 topics, 539 quotes)
Group: parallel processing (41 topics, 1125 quotes)
Group: philosophy (60 topics, 2323 quotes)
Group: philosophy of science (10 topics, 406 quotes)
Group: psychology (9 topics, 307 quotes)Topic: biology (26 items)
Topic: children vs. adults (33 items)
Topic: consciousness (58 items)
Topic: intelligent machines (28 items)
Topic: language and life as a game (30 items)
Topic: limitations of artificial intelligence and cognitive science (64 items)
Topic: man-machine symbiosis (46 items)
Topic: metaphysics and epistemology (99 items)
Topic: reality is a machine (48 items)
Topic: recognition (50 items)
Topic: philosophy of mind (78 items)
Topic: pidgin and creole languages (31 items)
Topic: self-regulating systems (23 items)
Topic: thought is computational
(60 items)