David Eagleman Quote

Reductionism is not the right viewpoint for everything, and it certainly won't explain the relationship between the brain and the mind. This is because of a feature known as emergence. When you put together large numbers of pieces and parts, the whole can become something greater than the sum.


Incognito: The Secret Lives of The Brain (ed. Canongate Books, 2011) - ISBN: 9780857860477


Reductionism is not the right viewpoint for everything, and it certainly won't explain the relationship between the brain and the mind. This is...

Reductionism is not the right viewpoint for everything, and it certainly won't explain the relationship between the brain and the mind. This is...

Reductionism is not the right viewpoint for everything, and it certainly won't explain the relationship between the brain and the mind. This is...

Reductionism is not the right viewpoint for everything, and it certainly won't explain the relationship between the brain and the mind. This is...