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Main theme:  An interdisciplinary attack on hitherto unexplained aspects of Mind and Brain, and the Nervous System in general — paying particular attention to the technical feasibility of new suggestions, and the plausibility of traditional tacit assumptions.

Secondary theme:  History of Electromagnetic physics (including translations).

Books (printed,^† and also as ".pdf" files):

1. Mind and Micro-Mechanism:  a hunt for the missing theory
   ISBN 0-9577737-0-6     R.R.Traill (1999)         .pdf  *
2. Physics and Philosophy of the Mind:  some new insights in an extended neuro-project
   ISBN 0-9577737-1-4     R.R.Traill (2000)         .pdf  *

Online Thesis   —   R. R. Traill (1978/2006).

Available below as seven pdf-files (2006), — or as just TWO files (one 203pp) via Brunel University Research Archive (BURA):   http://hdl.handle.net/2438/729

• Preliminaries + Part A (361KB) — This file includes "Contents", Introduction, and Part A itself (previously published in Kybernetes 5 and 7).   Part A summarizes Piaget's relevant concepts, but also considers what general-types of submechanism could possibly explain such human abilities.
• Part B (409KB) — here, and originally, published as the self-contained Brunel Monograph #24: "Toward a theoretical explanation of electro-chemical interaction in memory use:   the postulated role of infra-red components and molecular evolution".   This accepts the hard-science challenge posed by Part A — moving the debate beyond abstract philosophy into physics and information-technology whilst retaining the biological context.
• Chapters C1-C5 (471KB) — The hierarchical-organization concepts of W.R.Ashby are added, and tentatively identified with Piaget's "developmental stages" such as to explain the advanced mental capabilities of humans.
• Chapter C6 (424KB) — "The system looked at as a whole, and some inherent weaknesses to be expected"
• Chapter C7 (93KB) — "Mechanisms for neuroses", applying the above concepts.
• Chapter C8 (450KB) — "Developing a consistent and reasonably comprehensive structural theory of psychosis"
• References (165KB)

• NEW:   A Summary and synopsis of the whole Mental-Mechanisms Project

• (No.1) Strange regularities in the geometry of myelin nerve-insulation — a possible single cause
                 (R.R.Traill March 2005)         .htm     .pdf
• (No.2) Thinking by Molecule, Synapse, or both? — from Piaget's Schema, to the Selecting/Editing of ncRNA
                 (R.R.Traill April 2005, augmented Feb. 2008)      .htm   .pdf
• Or in French: Penser par Molecule, par synapse, ou toutes les deux ? — Du schéma de Piaget, à la sélection/rédaction du ARNnc
  (August/ août, 2008)         .pdf
• (No.3) How Popperian positivism killed a good-but-poorly-presented theory
             — insect communication by infrared   
                 (R.R.Traill December 2005)         .rtf     .pdf       + see conference version:
• (No.9) Critique of the 1977 debate on infra-red 'olfaction' in insects
             — (Diesendorf vs. P.S.Callahan).
                 [from Conference of the Australian Entomological Society, Sep.2008]   
                 (R.R.Traill October 2008)         .rtf     .pdf
• (No.4) Thinking as mental model-building:
             a Piagetian-cum-mechanistic explanation of the 'engram'    (Brunel Monograph #12)
                 (R.R.Traill April 1975 — with 2007 annotations/links)         .pdf
• (No.5) The gulf between behavioural psychology and fundamental physiology:
             a systematic attempt to bridge the gap    (Brunel Monograph #15)
                 (R.R.Traill April 1976 — with 2007 annotations/links)         .pdf
• (No.6) Short papers and letters on the 'linear micro-element' theory of mental mechanism:
             and related questions of scientific method    (Brunel Monograph #18)
                 (R.R.Traill October 1976 — with 2007 links and new extended preface)         .pdf
• (No.10) "The case that mammalian intelligence is based on sub-molecular coding and fibre-optic capabilities of myelinated nerve axons",
            from  Speculations in Science and Technology, vol 11(3), pages 173-181.
                 (R.R.Traill 1988 / June 2009)      .pdf
                also:  Supplement with   (i) Alphabetical listing of the references, and   (ii) sample translations  --   .pdf
• (No.11) "A Radiation Theory Of The Assembling Of Moths",
  from  The Entomologist, vol 93(1165-1166), pages 113-117, 133-137.
                 (E.R.Laithwaite 1960 / September 2009)      .pdf

• (No.8) Problems with Economic Rationalism — Psychology, Green-issues, and Jobs
                 (R.R.Traill, first issued 23 Nov 2007)         Latest version (Dec 2008):     .pdf
                

• On the equations of the electromagnetic field for moving bodies   /
      Ueber die Gleichungen des elektromagnetischen Feldes für bewegte Körper
      — by Emil Cohn (1902), Annalen der Physik (series 4), 7(1), 29-56;
      — plus his reply to Wien's criticism: (1904 May) ibid. 14(6), 208.
          Parallel English/German text (10 August 2008)        Cohn.pdf
• On the differential equations of the electrodynamics for moving bodies   /
      Über die Differentialgleichungen der Elektrodynamik für bewegte Körper
      — by W.Wien (1904 March), Annalen der Physik (series 4), 13(4), 650-662, and 663-668.
          Parallel English/German text (11 August 2008)        Wien.pdf
•   [obsolete links (now superseded):    Cohn      Wien ]

• Australian Senate Political Preferences allocated by each party
      in the State of Victoria — Nov 2007 federal elections
      (Sortable table compiled by R.R.Traill, from print-data supplied by the Australian Electoral Commission)          .rtf      .doc