Neuroontology, neurobiological naturalism, and consciousness: A challenge to scientific reduction and a solution

Physics of Life Reviews

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 13-34

  Feinberg, Todd E ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Consciousness; Emergence; Nested neural hierarchies; Neurobiological naturalism; Neuroontology; Reductionism

Indexed keywords

CONSCIOUSNESS; EMERGENCE; NESTED NEURAL HIERARCHIES; NEUROBIOLOGICAL NATURALISM; NEUROONTOLOGY; REDUCTIONISM;

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING; PHYSICS;

ONTOLOGY;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; CONSCIOUSNESS; HUMAN; NEUROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CONSCIOUSNESS; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEUROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84857140964     PISSN: 15710645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plrev.2011.10.019     Document Type: Review

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