MIND, BRAIN, STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

Abstract

To a certain extent this paper is a reassessment of the above statement. The reassessment consists of a deeper specification of the type of problem which one encounters when trying to formalise not only the nature of a state structure associated with the brain, but also the origins of this state structure. The paper first defines in broad terms the nature of the Structure/Function problem, and then goes on to separate out those parts of a structure which lead to the variational and adaptive nature of the state structure. It argues that the relationship between the structure that leads to adaptation and its embedding in an external environment are crucial areas for further study.

Citation

ALEKSANDER, I. (1982), "MIND, BRAIN, STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION", Kybernetes, Vol. 11 No. 4, pp. 249-253. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb005625