The concept of homeostasis is clearly central to Damasio. How and why various mechanisms in the body maintain interior balance is understood because the physical functions they control are understood. In order to show how the need for normal function in the brain produces consciousness the physical processes of memory storage, attention, arousal, etc., need to be explained. Does he attempt to do this?
With flow charts! Considerable space is devoted to explaining the physical mechanisms central to his explanation.
The concept of homeostasis is clearly central to Damasio. How and why various mechanisms in the body maintain interior balance is understood because the physical functions they control are understood. In order to show how the need for normal function in the brain produces consciousness the physical processes of memory storage, attention, arousal, etc., need to be explained. Does he attempt to do this?
With flow charts! Considerable space is devoted to explaining the physical mechanisms central to his explanation.