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There is a large consensus today that mind is a natural phenomenon and that mental events are caused by the brain. More precisely, it is widely accepted that mind is caused by higher-level brain processes, such as feelings and instincts, which are produced by lower-level brain processes such as action potentials and neuron firings (Searle 2002). What we need to understand therefore is how the brain causes the mind.
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Barbieri, M. (2024). The Origin of Mind. In: Codes and Evolution. Biosemiotics, vol 29. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-58484-8_10
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