Why Brains Don't Compute

Purves, Dale

This book examines what seems to be the basic challenge in neuroscience today: understanding how experience generated by the human brain is related to the physical world we live in. The 25 short chapters present the argument and evidence that brains address this problem on a wholly trial and error basis. 

The goal is to encourage neuroscientists, computer scientists, philosophers, and other interested readers to consider this concept of neural function and its implications, not least of which is the conclusion that brains don’t “compute.”

Details

Published by: Springer

Publication Date: 2022-05-08

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9783030710668

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-71064-4

Dimensions: 235cm x155cm

Pages: 168