The Psyche As A System Of Information
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Summary
Two fundamental theses allow to develop an ontological theory of the psyche, as a system of information. The first is that neurological memory is the foundation of the psyche, without the memory of the nervous system there is no psyche and mental processes. The second is that the systemic ideas about the memory of neural networks have undergone a qualitative leap and have become a well-functioning theory, verified in a huge number of computer simulations and the construction of artificial intelligence systems. The results of the models of associative distributed memory can be successfully synthesized using an almost forgotten philosophical and methodological concept – the concept of “systems of information”. The synthesis can be successfully applied to build a theory of the psyche within the framework of more comprehensive theories – systems theory and information theory. Such a theory may prove useful and effective, both for interpreting results obtained from psychological research itself, and for realizing significant progress in understanding mental processes, including self-awareness and self-awareness.
The interpretation of the models of associative distributed memory from the point of view of the more general concept of “information systems” allows them to be synthesized and united into a common idea. The common idea provides a number of heuristics and one of them is the hypothesis that the associative distributed memory of neural networks is the space in which the transition from excitability and neurophysiology to psychology and psyche takes place.
