Beyond the Computer Metaphor of Mind and Brain
Beyond the Computer Metaphor of Mind and Brain
Madhur Mangalam , University of Nebraska, Omaha
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USDThis book explores groundbreaking scientific perspectives on mind and brain, challenging traditional models that view cognition solely through the lens of computation. Featuring contributions from leading thinkers across behavioral sciences, cognitive sciences, philosophy of mind, psychology, and neurosciences, it highlights innovative approaches that emphasize the dynamic interplay of perception, action, and adaptation in an ever-changing world. Readers will discover cutting-edge research on how brains, bodies, and environments are interconnected, and how this interconnectedness drives organismal adaptability, creativity, and resilience. From the role of embodied cognition to the importance of social and environmental contexts, this book offers a comprehensive survey of emerging theories that redefine how we understand mind and behavior. Accessible yet thought-provoking, this volume is essential for those curious about how modern science is reshaping our understanding of cognition, from researchers and students to readers seeking fresh insights into how we navigate our complex, dynamic world.
- Presents cutting-edge perspectives on cognition using a variety of innovative ideas and fresh frameworks
- Explores the mind and brain as deeply interconnected, adaptive systems rather than mechanical processors
- Offers a rich, multifaceted perspective of consciousness science with contributions from leading experts spanning psychology and neuroscience
Product details
February 2026Hardback
9781009626248
400 pages
228 × 152 mm
Not yet published - available from February 2026
Table of Contents
- 1. Computer metaphors alone cannot do the job Damian G. Kelty-Stephen and Madhur Mangalam
- 2. Knitting together the mind, brain, and behavior with Turing's cascade instability Damian G. Kelty-Stephen and Madhur Mangalam
- 3. The brain is a control system Paul Cisek
- 4. Dissipative structures as an alternative to the machine metaphor of mind and brain Benjamin De Bari and James Dixon
- 5. Understanding brains and minds on their own terms Luis H. Favela
- 6. Radical embodied computation: emergence of meaning through the reproduction of similarity by analogy Fred Hasselman
- 7. Tunnel vision on a tunnel mind: a critique and a way out Fred Keijzer
- 8. Resonances in the brain Vicente Raja
- 9. The brain as a fractal antenna Jeffrey B. Wagman and Brandon J. Thomas
- 10. The mountain and valleys of the brain: a way to abandon the simplicity and pragmatism of the brain-as-a-computer metaphor Matheus M. Pacheco
- 11. The emergence of mind in CNS processes Mark H. Bickhard
- 12. Computers as brains: A Robot's Tale Tamara Lorenz
- 13. From many, one: the eusocial colony as a metaphor for socially, temporally, and physically situated cognition Megan Chiovaro and Alexandra Paxton
- 14. Towards a metaphor that does right by mind Joanna RÄ…czaszek-Leonardi
- 15. Language, meaning, and the foundations of scientific practice: rethinking the computer metaphor of mind and brain Sebastian Wallot and Moritz Bammel.
