Mind Science

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[2] viXra:2110.0175 [pdf] submitted on 2021-10-30 18:48:11

The Mind/Brain Question, Problem, Quandary, Conundrum

Authors: David Martin Degner
Comments: 4 Pages.

The human brain is obviously some kind of computer. In this paper I propose a simple, novel, and admittedly speculative, model, or architecture, that illuminates how this mysterious computer works. I offer a scientific foundation for understanding the problem of consciousness. There are profound implications to understanding the operation of the physical brain that gives rise to the human mind in all its manifold phenomena. The “homunculus”, that I introduce and define in this paper, will become the most interesting functional part of the brain, having to do with the subconscious, free will, parallel processing, psychoanalysis, dreams, meditation, being, and self.
Category: Mind Science

[1] viXra:2110.0150 [pdf] submitted on 2021-10-25 09:06:41

Consciousness: the Philosophical Foundations of Noetic Field Theory

Authors: Richard L Amoroso
Comments: 38 Pages. PREPRINT: Chapter 12 From R.L. Amoroso (ed.) (2010). Complementarity of mind and body: Realizing the dream of Descartes, Einstein, and Eccles. New York: Nova Science Publishers

For Consciousness there are two main schools of thought, the theological and the scientific, with philosophy exploring the gap. Theology for the most part has been willing to let sleeping dogs lie; but there is a growing movement to scientifically understand Consciousness (Awareness) started initially because of problems related to the role of the observer in empirical measurement. The scope of the question is broader now: Man’s place in the cosmos, the basis of evolution, what is life, why are we here, are we alone, is there life after death, is there free agency, is creation ex nihilo?
Category: Mind Science