The brain is the seat of consciousness yet we are unaware of much of our own neural processing. What differentiates conscious and unconscious processes? A new study suggests the answer might lie in the reproducibility of patterns of neural activation.

Freud (and later commentators) have failed to explain how the origins of psychoanalytical theory began with a positivist investment without recognizing a dual epistemological commitment: simply, Freud engaged positivism because he believed it generally equated with empiricism, which he valued, and he rejected "philosophy," and, more specifically, Kantianism, because of the associated transcende...

The goal of the paper is to find means for unification human-machine duality in collective behavior people and machines, by conciliating approaches that proceed opposite directions. first approach proceeds top-down from non-formalizable, cognitive, uncaused, chaotic human consciousness towards purposeful sustainable interaction. second bottom-up intelligent machines high-end computing based on ...

The paper discusses Damasio’s homeostasis theory and its potential connection to design. It starts with the evolution of physiological regulation from Hippocratic body humours through Claude Bernard’s milieu intérieur, Walter Cannon’s formulation concept homeostasis, culminating emphasising conscious homeostatic feelings, besides unconscious mechanisms control. Next, it shows importance in perc...