Relationship between mind and brain: A proposal of solution based on forms of intra- and extra-individual negentropy
Alberto A. Alegre, Pablo A. Zumaeta
Propósitos y Representaciones March 23, 2016 DOI: 10.20511/pyr2015.v3n1.73 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Keywords | Problema mente-cerebro Personalidad Conciencia Información Neguentropía Consciousness-mind-awareness Information-theory-negentropy-negentropia Personality-identity-selfhood Mind-body-problem-dualismo-mente-cerebro |
| Key points | Proposes that information as negentropy can unify mind and brain within a monistic materialist framework, organizing personality and society. |
Abstract
It is proposed that the problem of the mind-brain relationship can be overcome by a non-classical materialistic model of personality based on the information defined as a special form of negentropy with a structure and activity, which in five intra-individual categories, organizes all and each of the levels of the personality, and, in an extra-individual category organizes the society. This concept of information leads to a monistic view of the universe and turns into conceptions of society, personality, consciousness, and mental activity based on a theoretical framework that explains the nature of the social individual.