Principles of Eidetics Outline of a Theory
the Author strongly feels the still immeasurable gap existing between the todays comprehensible neurophysiology concerning somatic and autonomic functions, on the one hand, and the still incomprehensible properties of mind - when approached in the same ne
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Principles of Eidetics Outline of a Theory
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Professor Dr. Arnaldo Arduini Scuola Superiore di Studi Universitari e di Perfezionamento S. Anna via Carducci, 40 56100 Pis a, Italy
ISBN 978-3-642-49365-2 DOl 10.1007/978-3-642-49363-8
IS BN 97 8-3-642 -49363- 8 (eRook)
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Arduini, Arnaldo. Principles of eidetics: outline of a theory / Arnaldo Arduini. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. 1. Thought and thinking - Physiological aspects. 2. Cognition - Physiological aspects. 3. Psychophysiology. 4. Neuropsychology. I. Title. BF441.A637 1992 153-dc20 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer-Verlag. Violations are liable for prosecution under the German Copyright Law. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1992
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To my wife Mariagrazia: "I do love nothing in the world so well "as you: is not that strange? (Shakespeare, Much ado about nothing)
Preface
A number of themes in the previous book by this author, Principles of Theoretical Neurophysiology, are discussed further in the present one. The earlier work examined different physical points of view and outlined a comprehensive theory of nervous functions, starting from the basic assumption that the brain, an enormously complex organ, is a physical object and thus subject to the same physical laws that govern the "mode of being" of other, comparably complex systems. On this basis a general framework of laws, those of special and general relativity, was elaborated, promising not only metodological but also substantive value. However, the brain is by all means more than a "machine" simply superintending the execution of the material functions, such as motion, sensing, and control of the internal organs of the body. The brain "thinks" and has "emotions," i.e., it performs functions that seem to escape physi
