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This edited volume provides strategies for reducing inequality and
promoting human development through the use of innovative digital
technology and the adoption of new bioethical principles for
governance. The book is structured around a series of practical
proposals which can be adapted to different circumstances,
countries, and political systems. Written by an interdisciplinary
panel of international researchers and professionals, each chapter
details a proposal for a policy—new social technology, Green
Deals, robust social assistance—that will move society forward
towards a sustainable, digital, and equitable future. Researchers
across multiple disciplines--public administration, cognitive
technology, E-learning, finance, philosophy of economy, agronomics,
forest engineering, bioethics and education—will find this volume
a useful reference.
We could start writing this book by saying, with several other
authors, that the brain is the most powerful and complex
information processing device known, whether naturally developed or
created artificially. Although we fully agree with this statement,
in doing so we would be misleading the reader, in the sense that
the present book basically aims to formalize the knowledge
concerning brain physiology accumulated over the past few decades.
Instead of merely describing the complexity of the cerebral str-
ture or presenting a collection of commentaries and reviews of
interesting experimental results, we take into account novel
achievements in quantum information and quantum computation, and
avail ourselves of recently - veloped mathematical tools.
Neuroscience was bom in the 19'~ century with the works of Paul
Brocca. However, this fledgling field experienced a boom only in
recent times, following the development of powerful non-invasive
techniques for probing the neural circuitry supporting the complex
cognitive functions of the human brain. Although sophisticated
mathematical models and phy- cal theories are the basic tools
behind the conceptual foundations and a- lytical implementation of
these modem techniques, to the best of our knowledge no effort was
made to formalize the actual knowledge about brain function into a
coherent theoretical framework incorporating the - cent
developments in mathematical and physical science. Addressing this
lack was our first motivation in writing this book.
We could start writing this book by saying, with several other
authors, that the brain is the most powerful and complex
information processing device known, whether naturally developed or
created artificially. Although we fully agree with this statement,
in doing so we would be misleading the reader, in the sense that
the present book basically aims to formalize the knowledge
concerning brain physiology accumulated over the past few decades.
Instead of merely describing the complexity of the cerebral str-
ture or presenting a collection of commentaries and reviews of
interesting experimental results, we take into account novel
achievements in quantum information and quantum computation, and
avail ourselves of recently - veloped mathematical tools.
Neuroscience was bom in the 19'~ century with the works of Paul
Brocca. However, this fledgling field experienced a boom only in
recent times, following the development of powerful non-invasive
techniques for probing the neural circuitry supporting the complex
cognitive functions of the human brain. Although sophisticated
mathematical models and phy- cal theories are the basic tools
behind the conceptual foundations and a- lytical implementation of
these modem techniques, to the best of our knowledge no effort was
made to formalize the actual knowledge about brain function into a
coherent theoretical framework incorporating the - cent
developments in mathematical and physical science. Addressing this
lack was our first motivation in writing this book.
Issues concerning the unity of minds, bodies and the world have
often recurred in the history of philosophy and, more recently, in
scientific models. Taking into account both the philosophical and
scientific knowledge about consciousness, this book presents and
discusses some theoretical guiding ideas for the science of
consciousness. The authors argue that, within this
interdisciplinary context, a consensus appears to be emerging
assuming that the conscious mind and the functioning brain are two
aspects of a complex system that interacts with the world. How can
this concept of reality - one that includes the existence of
consciousness - be approached both philosophically and
scientifically? The Unity of Mind, Brain and World is the result of
a three-year online discussion between the authors who present a
diversity of perspectives, tending towards a theoretical synthesis,
aimed to contribute to the insertion of this field of knowledge in
the academic curriculum.
Issues concerning the unity of minds, bodies and the world have
often recurred in the history of philosophy and, more recently, in
scientific models. Taking into account both the philosophical and
scientific knowledge about consciousness, this book presents and
discusses some theoretical guiding ideas for the science of
consciousness. The authors argue that, within this
interdisciplinary context, a consensus appears to be emerging
assuming that the conscious mind and the functioning brain are two
aspects of a complex system that interacts with the world. How can
this concept of reality - one that includes the existence of
consciousness - be approached both philosophically and
scientifically? The Unity of Mind, Brain and World is the result of
a three-year online discussion between the authors who present a
diversity of perspectives, tending towards a theoretical synthesis,
aimed to contribute to the insertion of this field of knowledge in
the academic curriculum.
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