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Mark Solms is a South African neuropsychologist and psychoanalyst known for his pioneering work in neuropsychoanalysis. He is a professor at the University of Cape Town and has published extensively on the relationship between brain mechanisms and the mind.
Known for: The Hidden Spring: A Journey to the Source of Consciousness
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The Hidden Spring: A Journey to the Source of Consciousness
In this groundbreaking work, neuropsychologist Mark Solms explores the origins of consciousness through the lens of neuroscience and psychoanalysis. He argues that consciousness arises from feelings rather than cognition, challenging long-held assumptions about the mind. Drawing on decades of research, Solms integrates brain science, philosophy, and clinical insight to propose a new model of how subjective experience emerges from the physical brain.
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Historical Overview
The story of consciousness begins with a philosophical division—a split introduced by René Descartes in the seventeenth century between mind and body, res cogitans and res extensa. That dualism haunted science for centuries, creating the illusion that consciousness was a mystery separate from matter...
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The Feeling-Based Model
Let me state the claim plainly: consciousness arises from affect, not from cognition. To be conscious is to feel oneself existing—to feel pleasure, pain, yearning, satisfaction, fear, curiosity, or calm. Thinking, perceiving, and reasoning are valuable elaborations of this core; they emerge atop the...
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About Mark Solms
Mark Solms is a South African neuropsychologist and psychoanalyst known for his pioneering work in neuropsychoanalysis. He is a professor at the University of Cape Town and has published extensively on the relationship between brain mechanisms and the mind. His research bridges neuroscience and psyc...
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Mark Solms is a South African neuropsychologist and psychoanalyst known for his pioneering work in neuropsychoanalysis. He is a professor at the University of Cape Town and has published extensively on the relationship between brain mechanisms and the mind. His research bridges neuroscience and psyc...
Mark Solms is a South African neuropsychologist and psychoanalyst known for his pioneering work in neuropsychoanalysis. He is a professor at the University of Cape Town and has published extensively on the relationship between brain mechanisms and the mind. His research bridges neuroscience and psychoanalysis, offering new perspectives on consciousness and emotion.
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