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Panpsychism - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu Jul 18, 2017 3 facts
claimConstitutive micropsychism posits that micro-level entities possess basic forms of conscious experience, which combine in brains to constitute human and animal consciousness.
perspectivePhilip Goff argues that the most simple, elegant, and parsimonious hypothesis regarding the intrinsic nature of matter is panpsychism, which posits that matter outside of brains is continuous with brain matter in possessing a consciousness-involving nature.
claimAssuming the falsity of dualism, the intrinsic nature of the matter found in brains or whole organisms is consciousness-involving.
Evolutionary psychology - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 2 facts
claimMonkeys remain socially functioning after the removal of most of their brains, which contradicts the theory that big brains are required to promote social networking.
claimCharles Darwin's theories of evolution, adaptation, and natural selection provide insights into the functional reasons for the operations of human minds and brains.
How do we know what they ate? - The Australian Museum australian.museum Oct 21, 2020 2 facts
claimAnthropologists studying societies that practiced cannibalism have concluded that in some instances, the practice was motivated by a desire to gain attributes from the deceased, such as consuming brains to obtain wisdom or insight, or eating flesh to gain the strength of the individual.
claimThe consumption of meat allowed human ancestors to sustain active lifestyles and develop larger brains.
Quantum Approaches to Consciousness plato.stanford.edu Nov 30, 2004 1 fact
referenceMax Velmans authored the 2002 paper 'How could conscious experiences affect brains?', published in the Journal of Consciousness Studies, volume 9, issue 11, pages 3–29.
How men's and women's brains are different | Stanford Medicine stanmed.stanford.edu May 22, 2017 1 fact
claimNew technologies have provided evidence that there are inherent differences in how the brains of men and women are wired and how they function.
Complexity and the Evolution of Consciousness | Biological Theory link.springer.com Sep 14, 2022 1 fact
quoteRolls (1999) maintained that "a common reward-based currency appears to be the fundamental solution that brains use in order to produce appropriate behaviour."
To Follow the Real Early Human Diet, Eat Everything scientificamerican.com Jun 25, 2024 1 fact
claimJessica Thompson of Yale University and her colleagues argue that before hominins invented stone tools suitable for hunting large animals, they may have used simpler implements to scavenge abandoned carcasses for nutritious marrow and brains.
The function(s) of consciousness: an evolutionary perspective frontiersin.org Nov 25, 2024 1 fact
perspectiveThe author proposes that endowing experience with meaning is a serious contender for explaining why consciousness evolved and why it was elaborated further in brains like those of humans.
The evolution of human-type consciousness – a by-product of ... frontiersin.org 1 fact
claimAll brains possess two basic traits: the ability to stabilize and maintain optimal functioning (exploitation) and the use of random variations to search for alternative modes of action (exploration).
Understanding LLM Understanding skywritingspress.ca Jun 14, 2024 1 fact
referenceLupyan, G. (2013) published 'The difficulties of executing simple algorithms: Why brains make mistakes computers don’t' in Cognition, 129(3), 615–636.
Comparison of Traditional Indigenous Diet and Modern Industrial ... isom.ca Feb 26, 2024 1 fact
claimThe traditional Inuit diet includes the consumption of animal adrenal glands and brains, which are sources of fat and vitamin C.
Evolutionary Psychology | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy iep.utm.edu 1 fact
referenceHilary Putnam published 'Brains and Behavior' in the 1963 book 'Analytical Philosophy, Second Series', edited by R.J. Butler.
The Hard Problem of Consciousness | Springer Nature Link link.springer.com 1 fact
quoteDavid Chalmers states: “A view like this has the potential to answer the subject combination problem. Anything that is aware of a quality is a subject, so if this approach can show how brains or organisms stand in the awareness relation to qualities, then it will show how brains or organisms can be subjects. On the other hand, the fact that awareness requires subjects might simply suggest that the awareness combination problem is just as hard as the subject combination problem and is subject to the same sort of worries”