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Dreams, Jokes, and Songs
Book • 2025
In 'Dreams, Jokes, and Songs,' Paul Thagard develops a theory of consciousness grounded in cognitive neuroscience, arguing that conscious experience emerges from neural processes of representation, binding, coherence, and competition (NBC).
He uses phenomena such as dreaming, humor, and music to illustrate how brains generate complex conscious content through integrated mechanisms.
The book critiques other approaches to consciousness and emphasizes empirical, mechanistic explanations connecting brain activity to mental states.
Thagard also examines social influences on consciousness and evaluates the prospects for animal and machine consciousness.
The work integrates philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience to offer a scientifically informed account of how brains build conscious experience.
He uses phenomena such as dreaming, humor, and music to illustrate how brains generate complex conscious content through integrated mechanisms.
The book critiques other approaches to consciousness and emphasizes empirical, mechanistic explanations connecting brain activity to mental states.
Thagard also examines social influences on consciousness and evaluates the prospects for animal and machine consciousness.
The work integrates philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience to offer a scientifically informed account of how brains build conscious experience.
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#1236 Paul Thagard - Dreams, Jokes, and Songs: How Brains Build Consciousness
