Taylor J.G. Solving the Mind-Body Problem by the CODAM Neural Model of Consciousness

Springer, 2013. — 285 p.Themain purpose of the book is to present, through material based on a collection of relevant past scientific papers by the author, a complete development of the CODAM neural network model of consciousness, first introduced by the author in 1999/2000. This model allows both for a scientifically based (and scientifically supported) understanding of consciousness as well as providing a solution to the outstanding Mind-Body problem, a problem which has been argued over (sometimes lethally) for several thousand years. As such, this is a very ambitious book, but one that can carry the weight of the scientific community: the book is based on material taken formal ready rigorously refereed scientific papers in scientific journals, all written by the author (some with colleagues), on the subject of consciousness and the Mind- Body problem, and forming a coherent whole. To make the book more complete there are also various chapters that extend the understanding of consciousness provided by CODAM itself into a more detailed discussion of the overall Mind- Body problem.
In particular, there is an extra chapter completing the lengthy journey undertaken by the great Charles Darwin to understand the variety of life through evolution: this particular chapter provides a detailed explanation of the evolution of human consciousness (an aspect Darwin was either too frightened or too exhausted (or both) to contemplate in any detail), along with scientific support for the approach (based as it is on the author’s CODAM model of consciousness). It is that chapter on consciousness evolution which completes the journey started by Darwin (and his coevolutionist Wallace), and was continued by Crick and Watson with their proposed double helix structure of DNA. That journey is now completed by following the evolution needed to create CODAM-like models of consciousness.The Story of Consciousness
The Search for Consciousness in the Brain
Attention Versus Consciousness: Fused or Independent?
Current Brain Based Models of Consciousness
The Control Nature of Attention
The Full CODAM Model
The Owner, The Inner Self and CODAM
Does ‘I’ Really Exist?
Does the Corollary Discharger of Attention Exist?
Understanding the Mental Disease of Schizophrenia
The Escape from Life Through Meditation
The Evolution of Human Consciousness
Animal Consciousness
Understanding Consciousness and Emotions
Solving the Mind-Body Problem
Is There Free Will in CODAM?
Beyond CODAM?