Ideas from 'Consciousness: matter becomes imagination' by G Edelman / G Tononi [2000], by Theme Structure

[found in 'Consciousness: how matter becomes imagination' by Edelman,G/Tononi,G [Penguin 2000,0-14-028147-9]].

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8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 5. Universals as Concepts

4938	Prior to language, concepts are universals created by self-mapping of brain activity

13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 4. Cultural relativism

4934	Cultures have a common core of colour naming, based on three axes of colour pairs

15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 5. Unity of Mind

4924	A conscious human being rapidly reunifies its mind after any damage to the brain

15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 8. Brain

4932	A conscious state endures for about 100 milliseconds, known as the 'specious present'

15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 1. Consciousness / b. Essence of consciousness

4931	Consciousness is a process (of neural interactions), not a location, thing, property, connectivity, or activity

15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 1. Consciousness / c. Parts of consciousness

4923	The three essentials of conscious experience are privateness, unity and informativeness

15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 1. Consciousness / d. Purpose of consciousness

4941	Consciousness can create new axioms, but computers can't do that

15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 1. Consciousness / e. Cause of consciousness

4930	Consciousness arises from high speed interactions between clusters of neurons

15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 4. Intentionality / a. Nature of intentionality

4929	Dreams and imagery show the brain can generate awareness and meaning without input

15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 4. Intentionality / b. Intentionality theories

4940	Physicists see information as a measure of order, but for biologists it is symbolic exchange between animals

15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 5. Qualia / c. Explaining qualia

4935	The sensation of red is a point in neural space created by dimensions of neuronal activity

16. Persons / B. Nature of the Self / 7. Self and Body / a. Self needs body

4936	The self is founded on bodily awareness centred in the brain stem

16. Persons / E. Rejecting the Self / 2. Self as Social Construct

4939	A sense of self begins either internally, or externally through language and society

16. Persons / F. Free Will / 5. Against Free Will

4925	Brains can initiate free actions before the person is aware of their own decision

17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 7. Anti-Physicalism / b. Multiple realisability

4933	Consciousness is a process, not a thing, as it maintains unity as its composition changes

18. Thought / B. Mechanics of Thought / 3. Modularity of Mind

4928	Brain complexity balances segregation and integration, like a good team of specialists

18. Thought / B. Mechanics of Thought / 4. Language of Thought

4927	Information-processing views of the brain assume the existence of 'information', and dubious brain codes

18. Thought / C. Content / 6. Broad Content

4922	Consciousness involves interaction with persons and the world, as well as brain functions

18. Thought / D. Concepts / 2. Origin of Concepts / a. Origin of concepts

5793	Concepts and generalisations result from brain 'global mapping' by 'reentry' [Searle]

4926	Concepts arise when the brain maps its own activities

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / b. Fact and value

4937	Systems that generate a sense of value are basic to the primitive brain