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Instead of maintaining the traditional separation of science and values, cognitive theory says the two come together in brain function.
New Mindset on Consciousness (1987)
As a brain researcher, I'd started out simply accepting the strictly objective principles of the behaviorist position.
New Mindset on Consciousness (1987)
We're beginning to learn the hard way that today's global ills are not cured by more and more science and technology.
New Mindset on Consciousness (1987)
They don't change the analytic, reductive methodology, just the interpretations and conclusions. There seems little to lose, and much to gain.
New Mindset on Consciousness (1987)
The mind-brain issues are intrinsically more compelling. They carry strong humanistic as well as scientific implications.
New Mindset on Consciousness (1987)
What is needed to break the vicious spiral is a world-wide change in attitudes, values, and social policy. As Einstein put it, "We need a substantially new manner of thinking if mankind is to survive."
New Mindset on Consciousness (1987)
When the brain is whole, the unified consciousness of the left and right hemispheres adds up to more than the individual properties of the separate hemispheres.
New Mindset on Consciousness (1987)
I think time will show that the new approach, emphasizing emergent "macro" control, is equally valid in all the physical sciences, and that the behavioral and cognitive disciplines are leading the way to a more valid framework for all science.
New Mindset on Consciousness (1987)