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Brain-based cognition, emotion and consciousness

In: The Atlas of Social Complexity

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This chapter focuses on a currently popular topic: brain-based cognition. Over the last two decades, the cognitive, neurological and psychological sciences have made major progress in our understanding of mind/brain and its links with our embodied existence. If ever a topic screamed for a complexity theory, then brain-based cognition would be at the top of the list. But first some hard theoretical and empirical work needs to be done. In this chapter we use a social complexity framework to sort our position vis-à-vis six major debates within the field: (1) cognition and life; (2) the mind/brain dualism; (3) the unconscious; (4) modularity; (5) emotions; and (6) brain-based consciousness. With these issues sorted, we outline the contours of a new complex systems theory of consciousness, which serves as a framework for the rest of our tour.

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  • ., 2024. "Brain-based cognition, emotion and consciousness," Chapters, in: The Atlas of Social Complexity, chapter 9, pages 91-111, Edward Elgar Publishing.
    • Handle: RePEc:elg:eechap:19387_9
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