A physicist's model of mind

dc.contributor.authorGries, Werner Hugo
dc.contributor.otherUniversity of Pretoria. Dept. of Physics
dc.date.accessioned2015-11-03T12:21:01Z
dc.date.available2015-11-03T12:21:01Z
dc.date.issued2015-10
dc.descriptionThis is Essay 3 of the Collection of 'Essays on Cognitive Physical Science' in the repository UPSpace of the University of Pretoria.
dc.descriptionEssay 3 is the author's first comprehensive description of a model of mind from a physicist's perspective which meets the minimum requirements for such a perspective, inter alia the requirement of a concrete specificity of the underlying physical structure and details. It therefore supersedes the Parallel-Systems Mind Model of Essay 1 (hdl.handle.net/2263/16600), which falls short of this requirement, although many of its features and implications remain valid.
dc.descriptionEssay 3 is introduced by a discussion of what distinguishes the concept of 'understanding something' for a physicist from that for researchers in other disciplines. This is where the concept of 'levels of logic' (elaborated in Essay 2, hdl.handle.net/2263/43388) plays a decisive role. All further reasoning towards the author's model of mind is based on this physicist's notion of understanding.
dc.identifier.citationGries, WH 2015, 'A physicist's model of mind', Essays on Cognitive Physical Science, Essay 3, pp. 1-31.en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/50310
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherThe Authoren_ZA
dc.rightsCopyright with the authoren_ZA
dc.subjectPhysicist's model of minden_ZA
dc.subjectPhysicist means by 'understanding'en_ZA
dc.subjectModular Mental Structure Modelen_ZA
dc.subjectLevels of logicen_ZA
dc.subjectPhysical and mental modulesen_ZA
dc.subjectLeast effort principleen_ZA
dc.subjectRouting of learning-related signalsen_ZA
dc.subjectPrivate-paradigm modulesen_ZA
dc.subjectGeneration of minden_ZA
dc.subjectLeast mental stress principleen_ZA
dc.subjectComplex-system behaviour of minden_ZA
dc.subjectSignal routing by taggingen_ZA
dc.subjectGroupthink phenomenonen_ZA
dc.titleA physicist's model of minden_ZA
dc.typeTexten_ZA

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