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Neural Correlates of Consciousness: Theoretical problems and Candidates
Blaštík, Filip ; Flegr, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Boschetti, Silvia (referee)
Consciousness is part of the world, which yet resisted a scientific inquiries for an ages. This work is mainly concerned around Neural Correlates of Consciousness program which should uncover a nature of the consciousness. It covers wide variety of a theoretical problems, the first part is concerned around the ambivalence of Neural Correlates of Consciousness definition and its alternatives. The second part asks a questions, whether the neural correlates of consciousness is only discourse creating entity and sheds a light on the dilemma, if the right correlations to form neural correlates of consciousness are possible. It is done on a basis of the experimental evidence and their attempts to form Neural Correlate of Consciousness. In third chapter the philosophical dilemma is exposed. The dilemma arises from conceptual decisions "What is to be conscious", how researchers philosophically pre-conceptualize the scientific question. This is tried to be reconciled by unification of the philosophical theories. Alas it is shown the unification of the theories of mind is impossible. From this is drawn a conclusion that the philosophical pre-conception is a necessary ingredient to form the neural correlate of consciousness. To breach from mere a correlation to a causality is a matter of choosing testable and...
A Concept of Psychic System in the Social Systems Theory of Niklas Luhmann
Kroufek, Marek ; Bureš, Jiří (advisor) ; Hanzal, Petr (referee)
Title in English A Concept of Psychic System in the Social Systems Theory of Niklas Luhmann Annotation This thesis focuses in the form of a theoretical treatise on a secondary concept of Niklas Luhmann's social systems theory, a psychic system. Its main goal is to identify this concept in Luhmann's work and present its structured and comprehensive description. The thesis's secondary intention is then to present Luhmann's theory as itself and show an example of it's possible to work with it. In the first part, fundamental elements of the social systems theory are summarised and certain terms which will be used later in the thesis are explained. An analytical part of the thesis compiles mentions about psychic systems from an investigation of Luhmann's work and consequently structures and explains them in the context. In the last part of the thesis, then based on the previous analysis, a knowledge about psychic system is synthesised and psychic system together with social system are defined as meaning-constitutive systems and their similarities and differences are shown. Then, a possible model of a psychic system's internal structure is proposed and a significance of a consciousness for communication and subsequently for social systems is explained. In the conclusion, possible implications and applications for...

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