Anatomy of an Avatar: The Virtual Self in Pathologies of Self Awareness - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Philip GerransSeries:International Perspectives in Philosophy and PsychiatryPublish date:2024-12-06Pages:240
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780198886648ISBN-10:198886640UPC:9780198886648Book Category:PsychologyBook Subcategory:Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, Personality, Experimental PsychologySize:9.24 x 6.19 x 0.53 inchesWeight:0.9899Product ID:SCEW1TH8YQ
Anatomy of an Avatar: The Virtual Self in Pathologies of Self Awareness
This book applies a powerful framework in computational neuroscience (predictive coding and active inference) to explain psychiatric disorders that are characterised by pathologies of self-awareness. It shows how the self is best conceived of as an avatar or model made by the brain for the fundamental purpose of optimising basic bodily function. That avatar integrates and coordinates...
Series: International Perspectives in Philosophy and Psychiatry
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780198886648ISBN-10:198886640UPC:9780198886648Book Category:PsychologyBook Subcategory:Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, Personality, Experimental PsychologySize:9.24 x 6.19 x 0.53 inchesWeight:0.9899Product ID:SCEW1TH8YQ
Philip Gerrans, Professor of Philosophy, University of Adelaide Philip Gerrans is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Adelaide. His work is at the intersection of psychiatry neuroscience and philosophy. He has written on developmental disorders, the emotions, delusions, disorders of self awareness, psychedelic experience and dreams. A unifying theme is the explanatory role of...
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