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The human brain is one of the most marvellous achievements of nature. It is not only the most complex structure in that part of nature which is known to us, but its complexity includes the existence of functional principles whose details to a large extent are still more or less enigmatic.
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Löwenhard, P. (1989). The Mind-Body Problem: Some Neurobiological Reflections. In: Hoyningen-Huene, P., Wuketits, F.M. (eds) Reductionism and Systems Theory in the Life Sciences. Theory and Decision Library, vol 10. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1003-4_5
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