Walter Jackson Freeman III
Walter Jackson Freeman III | |
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Photo of Walter J. Freeman III c. 2007 | |
| Born | January 30, 1927 |
| Died | April 24, 2016 (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 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.
In "Societies of Brains" and in other writings, Freeman rejected the view that the brain uses representations to enable knowledge and behavior.