Memory Evolutive Systems; Hierarchy, Emergence, Cognition

by A C Ehresmann, J.P. Vanbremeersch

Overview

Memory Evolutive Systems; Hierarchy, Emergence, Cognition provides comprehensive and comprehensible coverage of Memory Evolutive Systems (MEM). Written by the developers of the MEM, the book proposes a mathematical model for autonomous evolutionary systems based on the Category Theory of mathematics. It describes a framework to study and possibly simulate the structure of living systems and their dynamic behavior.

This book contributes to understanding the multidisciplinary interfaces between mathematics, cognition, consciousness, biology and the study of complexity. It is organized into three parts. Part A deals with hierarchy and emergence and covers such topics as net of interactions and categories; the binding problem; and complexifications and emergence. Part B is about MEM while Part C discusses MEM applications to cognition and consciousness. The book explores the characteristics of a complex evolutionary system, its differences from inanimate physical systems, and its functioning and evolution in time, from its birth to its death.

This book is an ideal reference for researchers, teachers and students in pure mathematics, computer science, cognitive science, study of complexity and systems theory, Category Theory, biological systems theory, and consciousness theory. It would also be of interest to both individuals and institutional libraries.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780444522443
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	07/11/2007
Series:	Studies in Multidisciplinarity , #4
Pages:	402
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 9.45(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Part A: Hierarchy. Emergence1: Net of Interactions and Categories2: The Binding Problem3: Hierarchy and Reductionism4: Complexifications and EmergencePart B: Memory Evolutive Systems5: Evolutionary Systems6: Internal Organization and MES7: Robustness and Plasiticity8: Memory and LearningPart C: Application to Cognition and Consciousness9: Cognitive Systems and MES of CAT-Neurons10: Semantics, Archetypal Core and Consciousness

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A major contribution to understanding the multidisciplinary interfaces between mathematics, cognition, consciousness, biology and the study of complexity