The Mind
Autor Christiaan D van der Veldeen Limba Engleză Hardback – 30 iun 2004
However, we have yet to discover how electro-chemical activities in the brain produce or convert into mental events. Most theories have centered on Freud's claim that mental functions are ego functions. In this ambitious and deeply thoughtful work, psychiatrist Christiaan D. van der Velde presents the results of a different approach: the analysis of the origin, nature, and functionality of the common denominators of all mental events - our mental representations. While Freud conceived these to be products of the mind, Van der Velde's analysis disputes Freud's claim. Mental representations are actually autochthonously occurring phenomena, which originate as activated cerebral imprints of previously experienced visual percepts whose gestalts - or patterns - determine cognitive content. Each gestalt is accompanied by a sense of having experienced it previously. This sense of "knowing" cannot be explained by any physical process or function of the brain. By applying a new interpretation of the philosophical concept of dialectics the author describes cognition as an empirical - that is, purely experiential - epiphenomenon, which reflects the specific differences between internal images and actual visual percepts. Van der Velde concludes that mental representations (1) are not the products but the constituents of the mind and (2) enable us to explain the psychodynamics of all mental functions.
This cogent, incisive analysis by a leading psychotherapist and researcher in cognition provides much to ponder and many insights into the nature of the mind.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781591021902
ISBN-10: 1591021901
Pagini: 242
Dimensiuni: 162 x 235 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.49 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Globe Pequot Press
ISBN-10: 1591021901
Pagini: 242
Dimensiuni: 162 x 235 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.49 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Globe Pequot Press
Notă biografică
Christiaan D. van der Velde, M.D. (Farmington, CT), is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Connecticut Health Center and the recipient of many awards for his work in research, education, and treatment of the mentally ill. He has published widely in numerous professional journals, including Nature, American Journal of Psychiatry, and the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, among others.