How brains make up their mind

the long version

"In How Brains Make Up Their Minds, Walter J. Freeman charts the brain's mind, progressing from single nerve cells to cooperative nerve cell assemblies to the emergence of complex brain patterns. By drawing on new developments in brain imaging and theories of chaos and nonlinear dynamics, he shows how brains create intentions and meanings." "In doing so he finds new ways to answer age-old philosophical questions about self-determination and individual responsibility. He finds Descartes mistaken in his dictum "I think, therefore I am"--His brain had already accomplished the fact and was merely keeping his ego informed."--Jacket.