Table of Contents

1 Introduction.- 2 Quantum Physics, Chemistry, and Consciousness.- Quantum physics.- Chemistry.- Quantum consciousness.- References.- 3 The Chemistry of Life.- Biomolecular structures.- Biomolecular dynamics.- Is life based on the laws of physics?.- References.- 4 The Nerve Afire.- Nerve membrane dynamics.- Nonlinear diffusion.- The Hodgkin-Huxley equations.- Neurodynamics.- References.- 5 Is There a Computer In Your Head?.- The McCulloch-Pitts neuron.- Dendritic and axonal computing.- Synaptic transmission.- The multiplex neuron.- A real neuron.- Quantum effects?.- Can a neuron be modeled on a computer?.- References.- 6 “An Enchanted Loom”.- A brief look at the brain.- Layered structures.- The Perceptron.- The cell assembly.- The hierarchy of cell assemblies.- The cell assembly revisited.- The nature of thought.- Cortical stimulation.- A deeper question.- References.- 7 A Century of Brain-Mind Theory.- William James.- George Santayana.- Behaviorism.- Donald Hebb.- Erwin Schrödinger.- Can a machine think?.- Are we machines?.- Forebrain commissurotomy.- Karl Popper and John Eccles.- Blindsight.- Roger Penrose.- Francis Crick and Christof Koch.- Daniel Dennett.- John Searle.- Erich Harth.- Henry Stapp.- Eccles throws down the gauntlet.- Crick replies.- The hard problem.- References.- 8 “A Great Arc” of Possibilities.- The birth of American anthropology.- Cultural configurations.- Coming of age in Samoa.- Cultural relativity.- Anthropology and modern life.- Ethics.- Biological and cultural evolution.- References.- 9 Toward an Emergent Theory of Consciousness.- Credo.- Quantum consciousness and scientific determinism.- Conservation of energy in the mind?.- Materialism.- Functionalism.- Dualism.- The locus of consciousness.- Artificial intelligence.- Two dreams.-References.- 10 “Then I Tell Them What I Told Them”.- Recapitulation.- Final comments.- Appendices.- A Nonlinearity and Emergence.- B The Mathematics of Quantum Theory.- C The Born-Oppenheimer Approximation.- D Local Modes.- E Schrödinger’s Cat.- F Linear and Nonlinear Diffusion.- G The Hodgkin-Huxley Equations.- H Counting Neural Networks.- I An Incomplete Physical Theory.- References.