Walter Jackson Freeman III

For the advocate and practitioner of lobotomy, see Walter Jackson Freeman II.

Walter Jackson Freeman III
Photo of Walter J Freeman III circa 2007
Born(1927-01-30)January 30, 1927
Washington, DC
DiedApril 24, 2016(2016-04-24) (aged 89)
Parent(s)Walter Jackson Freeman II (father)
William Williams Keen (great-grandfather)

Walter Jackson Freeman III (January 30, 1927 – April 24, 2016), was an American biologist, theoretical neuroscientist[1] and philosopher who conducted research in rabbits' olfactory perception, using EEG. Based on a theoretical framework of neurodynamics that draws upon insights from chaos theory, he speculated that the currency of brains is primarily meaning, and only secondarily information.[2]

In "Societies of Brains" and in other writings, Freeman rejected the view that the brain uses representations to enable knowledge and behavior.

  1. ^ Bulkeley, Kelly (2005). Soul, psyche, brain: new directions in the study of religion and brain-mind science. Macmillan. pp. 163–. ISBN 9781403965097. Retrieved March 27, 2012.
  2. ^ Freeman, W.J. (2001). Chaotic Oscillaions and the Genesis of Meaning in Cerebral Cortex. In: W. Sulis and I. Trofimova. Nonlinear dynamics in the life and social sciences. Amsterdam, IOS Press. p. 44-62.