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Book SynopsisThe study of the brain-mind complex has been hampered by the dichotomy between objective biological neuroscience and subjective psychological science. This book presents a new theoretical model for how to "translate" between the two, using a third language: nonlinear physics and mathematics. It illustrates how the simultaneous use of these two approaches enriches the understanding of the neural and mental realms.
Table of ContentsContents
Forewords:
Danatella Marazziti................................................................................................ ix
Alwyn Scott........................................................................................................... xi
Nick Mansfield..................................................................................................... xiii
David R. Hawkins............................................................................................... xvii
Introduction............................................................................................................. xxi
The Puzzle............................................................................................................... xxv
Part I: Learning the Languages.................................................................................... 1
1. Humanity’s Search for Mind and the Subject: A Brief Review
of the Evolution of Neuropsychobiology.................................................................. 3
2. An “Ideographic,” Suprapersonal Language of Rules and Universal
Symbols: Alwyn Scott and Nonlinear Dynamics................................................... 15
3. A “Demotic,” First-Person Language of the Individual and the
Social System: Apuleius and the Myth of Psyche................................................... 27
4. The Language of the Objective Observer: Gerald Edelman and Neurodarwinism: Antonio Damasio and the Feeling of Knowing................................................................... 33
Gerald Edelman and Neurodarwinism................................................................................................ 35
Antonio Damasio and the Feeling of Knowing................................................................................. 39
Part II: Seeking the Understanding............................................................................ 45
5. Consciousness......................................................................................................... 47
6. The Unconscious..................................................................................................... 59
7. The Database........................................................................................................... 71
8. Affectivity............................................................................................................... 79
9. The Neural/Mental Gap: Intuition, Self and Ego, a Trilingual Map........................ 91
Part III: Applying the Knowledge............................................................................. 101
10. The Three Languages and Science: A New Scientific Paradigm?........................ 103
11. The Three Languages and Treatment.................................................................... 115
12. The Psychotherapeutic Dialogue: Intersubjectivity............................................... 127
13. The Role of a New Science for Psyche Upon Society and Culture...................... 135
References........................................................................................................... 147
Name Index......................................................................................................... 151
Subject Index 153
