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Kevin J. Mitchell, "Free Agents: How Evolution Gave Us Free Will" (Princeton UP, 2023)

New Books in Science

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The Power of Meaning in Neural Activity

This chapter explores the idea that the meaning behind patterns of neural activity holds causal power, challenging a reductionist view of cognition. It emphasizes that the details of neural firing are not as important as the meaning they convey and provides examples of how patterns can represent abstract concepts.

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