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 principles of network
optimality. He describes how most natural language words are vague and
then goes on to explain the connection to the ultimate computational
limits on machines. There is also a fascinating discussion of how
animals accommodate greater behavioral complexity. This book is a
must-read for researchers interested in taking a high-level,
non-mechanistic approach to answering age-old fundamental questions in
the brain sciences.
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ISBN
9789401702935
Publisert
2020
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Springer
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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