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View SchemaThe dissipative brain
| Authors | Giuseppe Vitiello |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | q-bio/0409037 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/q-bio/0409037 |
| Journal | Published in ``Brain and Being - At the boundary between science,philosophy,language and arts'', p.317; Eds.G.G.Globus, K.H.Pribram and G.Vitiello, John Benjamins Pub. Co. Amstedam, 2004 |
Abstract
I review the dissipative quantum model of brain and discuss its recent developments related with the role of entanglement, quantum noise and chaos. Some comments on consciousness in the frame of the dissipative model are also presented. Dissipation seems to account for the medial character of consciousness, for its being in the present (the Now), its un-dividable unity, its intrinsic subjectivity (autonomy). Finally, essential features of a conscious artificial device, if ever one can construct it, are briefly commented upon, also in relation to a device able to exhibit mistakes in its behavior. The name I give to such a hypothetical device is Spartacus.
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