Abstract

Matter Matters addresses the very old problem of the mind-brain relationship. Written by well-known scientists, the book addresses some general principles based on physics, computer science, and theoretical biology and explores the topic at different organizational levels, from the microscopic to the macroscopic. The last part addresses the subjective level based on the findings of psychologists and neurophysiologists. This examination of the relationship between neural and mental processes proposes new, sometimes radical, approaches for a better understanding of this intriguing problem.