Decisions, Uncertainty, and the Brain: The Science of NeuroeconomicsMIT Press, 17/09/2004 - 400 páginas In this provocative book, Paul Glimcher argues that economic theory may provide an alternative to the classical Cartesian model of the brain and behavior. Glimcher argues that Cartesian dualism operates from the false premise that the reflex is able to describe behavior in the real world that animals inhabit. A mathematically rich cognitive theory, he claims, could solve the most difficult problems that any environment could present, eliminating the need for dualism by eliminating the need for a reflex theory. Such a mathematically rigorous description of the neural processes that connect sensation and action, he explains, will have its roots in microeconomic theory. Economic theory allows physiologists to define both the optimal course of action that an animal might select and a mathematical route by which that optimal solution can be derived. Glimcher outlines what an economics-based cognitive model might look like and how one would begin to test it empirically. Along the way, he presents a fascinating history of neuroscience. He also discusses related questions about determinism, free will, and the stochastic nature of complex behavior. |
Índice
Inventing the Reflex 33 | |
Charles Sherrington and the Propositional Logic of Reflexes 55 | |
Finding the Limits of the Sherringtonian Paradigm 77 | |
Beyond Reflexology? 111 | |
An Alternative to Sherrington? 131 | |
Modularity and Evolution 145 | |
Evolution Probability and Economics 205 | |
A Case Study 225 | |
Irreducible Uncertainty and the Theory of Games 271 | |
Games and the Brain 299 | |
Putting It All Together I Behavior and Physiology 319 | |
Putting It All Together II Philosophical Implications 337 | |
References 347 | |
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