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Archipelago of Consciousness

The Invisible Sovereignty of Life

By: Mauro Maldonato

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Archipelago of Consciousness

The Invisible Sovereignty of Life

By: Mauro Maldonato

Few dilemmas in the history of human thought have aroused debates so exciting as that on consciousness. In the past, few scholars recognised scientific dignity to the issue, perhaps because of its subjective nature. Conditioned by limitations of the introspective method and by the unnatural opposition between conscious and unconscious, the study of consciousness has been the exclusive prerogative of philosophy, literature and theology, strengthening the prejudice that separates humanistic and scientific culture. Mauro Maldonato sets out to establish a fruitful dialogue between different disciplines, investigating consciousness from points of view that shape awareness of ourselves and of the world. For every one of us, consciousness is a primary, immediate, permanent fact the core of life itself. Why, then, are we so far from forming any definitive picture of what it is, and what it means for us? The study of the biological bases for consciousness has shown how physics is incapable of providing credible solutions; the lack of means to describe the interactions between neuronal structures and qualitative experiences leads to an investigative dead end. But this explanatory shortfall does not authorise us to postulate the existence of an inaccessible sancta sanctorum. A scientific project to naturalise consciousness attempting to ground our relational life and human action in biology has to recognise issues of complexity, and the irreversibility and historical contingency of our individual phenomenalistic experience. The ground-breaking Archipelago of Consciousness: How Biology invents Culture follows the author's well received writings on Natural Logic, Decision Making and the Predictive Brain.

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Archipelago of Consciousness

The Invisible Sovereignty of Life

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The Predictive Brain

Consciousness, Decision and Embodied Action

By: Mauro Maldonato

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The Predictive Brain

Consciousness, Decision and Embodied Action

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During the lengthy and complex process of human evolution our ancestors had to adapt to testing situations in which survival depended on making rapid choices that subjected muscles and body to extreme tension. In order to seize a prey travelling at 36 km per hour Homo sapiens had just thousandths of a second in which to prepare the appropriate ...

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1782841369

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Research on Scientific Research

A Transdisciplinary Study

By: Mauro Maldonato

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Research on Scientific Research

A Transdisciplinary Study

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Explains how scientific research is conducted. This title focuses on the inter/transdisciplinary dimensions of research. It combines essays that focus on the inter/transdisciplinary study of research systems, from a group of international researchers from Italy, the UK and the United States.

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Decision Making

Towards an Evolutionary Theory of Human Action

By: Mauro Maldonato

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Decision Making

Towards an Evolutionary Theory of Human Action

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Interprets the secular controversy about the nature of human decision-making in light of discoveries in cognitive neurosciences and research in neuroeconomics and neuroethics. This book provides the readers with the means to view and assess personal decision-making and resultant action in a different way.

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1837642052

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The Predictive Brain

Consciousness, Decision and Embodied Action

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Consciousness, Decision and Embodied Action

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The Archipelago of Consciousness

The Invisible Sovereignty of Life

By: Mauro Maldonato

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The Invisible Sovereignty of Life

By: Mauro Maldonato

Few dilemmas in the history of human thought have aroused debates so exciting as that on consciousness. In the past, few scholars recognised scientific dignity to the issue, perhaps because of its subjective nature. Conditioned by limitations of the introspective method and by the unnatural opposition between conscious and unconscious, the study of consciousness has been the exclusive prerogative of philosophy, literature and theology, strengthening the prejudice that separates humanistic and scientific culture. Mauro Maldonato sets out to establish a fruitful dialogue between different disciplines, investigating consciousness from points of view that shape awareness of ourselves and of the world. For every one of us, consciousness is a primary, immediate, permanent fact - the core of life itself. Why, then, are we so far from forming any definitive picture of what it is, and what it means for us? The study of the biological bases for consciousness has shown how physics is incapable of providing credible solutions; the lack of means to describe the interactions between neuronal structures and qualitative experiences leads to an investigative dead end. But this explanatory shortfall does not authorise us to postulate the existence of an inaccessible sancta sanctorum. A scientific project to naturalise consciousness - attempting to ground our relational life and human action in biology - has to recognise issues of complexity, and the irreversibility and historical contingency of our individual phenomenalistic experience. The ground-breaking Archipelago of Consciousness: How Biology invents Culture follows the author's well received writings on Natural Logic, Decision Making and the Predictive Brain.

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Research on Scientific Research

A Transdisciplinary Study

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A Transdisciplinary Study

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Decision Making

Towards an Evolutionary Psychology of Rationality

By: Mauro Maldonato

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Decision Making

Towards an Evolutionary Psychology of Rationality

By: Mauro Maldonato

Since the dawn of time, human beings have had to make decisions. Wise or foolish, thoughtful or instinctive, altruistic or selfish, and from the most simple to the most complex, decision-making enables people to confront and overcome constant environmental challenges. Yet, despite the momentousness of decision-making in adaptability terms, men and women ignore the actual process that takes place in their minds when, for example, they invest in the stock market, buy a car, trust a person they just met, or simply decide to go to the movies. While some decisions are taken in a few seconds (when we act impulsively without time to evaluate the process), other decisions require considerable cognitive effort and accurate cost-benefit analysis. But is it only the optimal decision that deserves to be called rational? If this is the case, how then can we explain the wisdom of our instincts, of our emotions, of our 'sixth sense?' Moreover, what is the role of subjectivity, free will, desire, or culture in the decision-making process? Research on decision-making has had a long and controversial history. The idea of a perfect rationality has more recently given way to the idea of a rationality conscious of its incompleteness, to a process that cannot be expressed or conceived in logical or rational terms. In this ground-breaking book, author Mauro Maldonato reinterprets the secular controversy about the nature of human decision-making in light of recent discoveries in cognitive neurosciences and new research (neuroeconomics and neuroethics). At the end of this literary excursion - along a stunning archipelago of rationality, morality, emotion, and consciousness - the reader is provided with the means to view and assess personal decision-making and resultant action in a completely different way: a way that impacts positively on human interaction and psychological wholeness.

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Archipelago of Consciousness

Archipelago of Consciousness

Archipelago of Consciousness

Archipelago of Consciousness

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Research on Scientific Research

Decision Making

Decision Making

The Predictive Brain

The Predictive Brain

The Archipelago of Consciousness

The Archipelago of Consciousness

Research on Scientific Research

Research on Scientific Research

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