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NEW IDEAS IN PSYCHOLOGY
卷 25, 期 1, 页码 1-15出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.newideapsych.2006.09.002
关键词
cognition; gradients; intentionality; mind-body problem; self-organization; synergetics
Psychology is frequently confronted with mind-body issues-is there a way by which mentalist and physical approaches to cognition can be integrated? Can the intentional attributes of mind be understood in scientific terms? The authors propose that synergetics, the theory of non-linear complex systems, offers steps towards a possible solution to this conundrum. In particular, we maintain that an essential property of self-organized pattern formation lies within its functionality, this being the ability to optimize, respond and adapt 'meaningfully' to environmental constraints. Patterns become functional because they consume in a most efficient manner the gradients which cause their evolution, thereby making synergetic pattern formation appear '`intentional'. We therefore posit that self-organization phenomena may afford basic explanations for the adaptive, intentional and purposive behavior of many complex systems, in particular of cognitive systems. This present approach elaborates on the second law of thermodynamics. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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