文档介绍：The Crucible of
Consciousness
An Integrated Theory of
Mind and Brain
Zoltan Torey
foreword by Daniel C. t
The Crucible of Consciousness
The Crucible of Consciousness
An Integrated Theory of Mind and Brain
Zoltan Torey
with a foreword by Daniel C. t
The MIT Press
Cambridge, Massachusetts
London, England
© Zoltan Torey 1999
First MIT Press edition, 2009
First published in 1999 by Oxford University Press, 253 Normanby Road, South Mel-
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Torey, Zoltan.
The crucible of consciousness : an integrated theory of mind and brain / Zoltan
Torey.—1st MIT Pess ed.
p. cm.
“A Bradford book.”
Originally published: Melbourne ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1999. With
new foreword.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-262-51284-8 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1. Consciousness. I. Title.
2009
153—dc22
2008041421
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To my wife
Margaret Dawn
Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Foreword by Daniel C. t xi
Preface xiii
Perspective 1
A The Problem 1
B The Path to the Solution 15
C Some Technical Aspects 18
1 The Emergence of the Human Brain 25
A The Upgrading of the Prehuman Brain 25
B Modifications That Underlie Language 32
C The Internal Representation of the Outside World 35
2 Adaptive Changes for Speech and Thought 39
A Dual