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The Brain from 25, 000 Feet. High Level Explorations of Brain Complexity, Perception, Induction and Vagueness.
Mark A. Changizi
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Description for The Brain from 25, 000 Feet. High Level Explorations of Brain Complexity, Perception, Induction and Vagueness.
Hardback. Defends a non-reductionist philosophy and applies it to a variety of problems in the brain sciences. This book tackles such questions as why the brain is folded, and why animals have as many limbs as they do, explaining how these relate to principles of network optimality. It also describes how most natural language words are vague. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 330 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 664.
In The Brain from 25,000 Feet, Mark A. Changizi defends a non-reductionist philosophy and applies it to a variety of problems in the brain sciences. Some of the key questions answered are as follows. Why do we see visual illusions, and why are illusions inevitable for any finite-speed vision machine? Why aren't brains universal learning machines, and what does the riddle of induction and its solution have to do with human learning and innateness? The author tackles such questions as why the brain is folded, and why animals have as many limbs as they do, explaining how these relate to ... Read more
In The Brain from 25,000 Feet, Mark A. Changizi defends a non-reductionist philosophy and applies it to a variety of problems in the brain sciences. Some of the key questions answered are as follows. Why do we see visual illusions, and why are illusions inevitable for any finite-speed vision machine? Why aren't brains universal learning machines, and what does the riddle of induction and its solution have to do with human learning and innateness? The author tackles such questions as why the brain is folded, and why animals have as many limbs as they do, explaining how these relate to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
330
Condition
New
Series
Synthese Library
Number of Pages
330
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781402011764
SKU
V9781402011764
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Reviews for The Brain from 25, 000 Feet. High Level Explorations of Brain Complexity, Perception, Induction and Vagueness.
"This is a very rich and exceedingly well-written book. I learned a lot." (Dan Ryder, University of Connecticut, U.S.A., Synthese 141:2)