Epstein Secrets

ence and human-like embodiment; and partly due to a more specific intuition regarding the value of action for perception, as reflected in Heinz von Foerster's dictum "if you want to see, learn how to act". We suspect there are important cognitive reasons why perception in the human brain centrally involv

etween competing brain regions, again, based on high-level "cognitive demand." Deacon's intuition is similar to the one that led Edelman to propose Neural Darwinism tEcle931, and Calvin and Bickerton IC13001 to pose the notion of mind as a "Darwin Machine". The latter have given plausible neural mechanisms ("Da

including rational, empathic, imitative, etc. 2. Foster Rich Ethical Interaction and Instruction, with in

listic Logic Networks formalism; this connection will be pursued at the end of Chapter 34, once more relevant background has been presented. 13.5.3 Neural Darwinism A notion quite similar to Hebbian learning between assemblies has been pursued by Nobelist Gerald Edelman in his theory of neuronal group selection

including rational, empathic, imitative, etc. 2. Foster Rich Ethical Interaction and Instruction, with in

ilistic Logic Networks formalism; this connection will be pursued at the end of Chapter 34, once more relevant background has been presented. 13.8.3 Neural Darwinism A notion quite similar to Hebbian learning between assemblies has been pursued by Nobelist Gerald Edelman in his theory of neuronal group selection,