But also that each part contains within itself a holographic image of the whole of which it is a part. The adequacy of the image is determined by the complexity of the part. This enables him to explain within his system how the supra cortical energy of consciousness descends to give human consciousness, and then in turn forms the structure of the cortex and the limbic system that receives it. Since the days of Descartes there has been a logical gap in Western philosophy between mind and matter. In the opinion of this reviewer this book appears to bridge that gap.
Reductionist materialism finds the gap more difficult to explain away.
On strictly material terms the only distinction is that there are just two different brain structures. Secondly Mukhopadhyay is a medical physiologist. His detailed description of how higher states of conscious energy may interconnect with brain structures to produce various psychological states is interesting, and could obviously be subject to empirical research. This leads on to the third point in favour of this book. The system it proposes is an open system which could grow from empirical verification or refutation.