From Sensing to Sentience
How Feeling Emerges from the Brain
$96.18
- Paperback
216 pages
- Release Date
29 October 2024
Summary
A new theory of Neurobiological Emergentism that explains how sentience emerges from the brain.
Sentience is the feeling aspect of consciousness. In From Sensing to Sentience, Todd Feinberg develops a new theory called Neurobiological Emergentism (NBE) that integrates biological, neurobiological, evolutionary, and philosophical perspectives to explain how sentience naturally emerges from the brain.
Emergent properties are broadly defined as features of a complex syste…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262550956 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262550954 |
| Author: | Todd E. Feinberg |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 216 |
| Release Date: | 29 October 2024 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
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“By focusing on sentience and placing it in an evolutionary context, Feinberg has created a compelling argument that the principles of neurobiological emergentism can aid our attempts to understand the brain and consciousness.” —The Lancet Neurology
About The Author
Todd E. Feinberg
Todd E. Feinberg is Director of the Yarmon Neurobehavior and Alzheimer’s Disease Center of Mount Sinai Behavioral Health Center in New York City and Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York. He is coauthor of The Ancient Origins of Consciousness (MIT Press).
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