?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=How+we+might+be+able+to+Understand+the+Brain&rft.creator=Josephson%2C+Brian+D.&rft.subject=Neural+Modelling&rft.subject=Complexity+Theory&rft.subject=Learnability&rft.description=Current+methodologies+in+the+neurosciences+have+difficulty+in+accounting+for+complex+phenomena+such+as+language%2C+which+can+however+be+quite+well+characterised+in+phenomenological+terms.++This+paper+addresses+the+issue+of+unifying+the+two+approaches.++We+typically+understand+complicated+systems+in+terms+of+a+collection+of+models%2C+each+characterisable+in+principle+within+a+formal+system%2C+it+being+possible+to+explain+higher-level+properties+in+terms+of+lower+level+ones+by+means+of+a+series+of+inferences+based+on+these+models.++We+consider+the+nervous+system+to+be+a+mechanism+for+implementing+the+demands+of+an+appropriate+collection+of+models%2C+each+concerned+with+some+aspect+of+brain+and+behaviour%2C+the+observer+mechanism+of+Baas+playing+an+important+role+in+matching+model+and+behaviour+in+this+context.++The+discussion+expounds+these+ideas+in+detail%2C+showing+their+potential+utility+in+connection+with+real+problems+of+brain+and+behaviour%2C+important+areas+where+the+ideas+can+be+applied+including+the+development+of+higher+levels+of+abstraction%2C+and+linguistic+behaviour%2C+as+described+in+the+works+of+Karmiloff-Smith+and+Jackendoff+respectively.&rft.date=2004&rft.type=Conference+Paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=other&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3655%2F3%2FICCS2004.ppt&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3655%2F4%2FICCS2004.paper.pdf&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3655%2F5%2FICCS2004.links.html&rft.identifier=++Josephson%2C+Brian+D.++(2004)+How+we+might+be+able+to+Understand+the+Brain.++%5BConference+Paper%5D++++(Unpublished)++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3655%2F