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“Before the connection of thought and brain can be explained, it must be stated in elementary form; and there are great difficulties about stating it. … Many would find relief at this point in celebrating the mystery of the unknowable and the “awe” which we should feel. … It may be constitutional infirmity, but I can take no comfort in such devices for making a luxury of intellectual defeat. … Better live on the ragged edge, better gnaw the file forever!” (James, 1950 pp. 177–179)
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Pribram, K.H. (1990). Prolegomenon for a Holonomic Brain Theory. In: Haken, H., Stadler, M. (eds) Synergetics of Cognition. Springer Series in Synergetics, vol 45. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-48779-8_10
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