How Can the Human Mind Occur in the Physical Universe?

Oup Usa (2007)
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The human cognitive architecture consists of a set of largely independent modules associated with different brain regions. This book discusses in detail how these various modules can combine to produce behaviours as varied as driving a car and solving an algebraic equation.

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