Collected Works of
Warren S. McCulloch

Edited by Rook McCulloch

Volume 1 Volume 2 Volume 3 Volume 4

M.R. Lissack COLLECTION INTRODUCTION
Warren S. McCulloch

1938

Volume 1

Chapter Author(s) Title Link
M.R. Lissack COLLECTION INTRODUCTION
Heinz von Foerster PREFACE
Rook McCulloch FOREWORD
Jerome Y. Lettvin INTRODUCTION TO VOLUME I
1 W.S. McCulloch RECOLLECTIONS OF THE MANY SOURCES OF CYBERNETICS
2 Jerome Y. Lettvin STRYCHNINE NEURONOGRAPHY
3 J.G. Dusser de Barenne, W.S. McCulloch AN “EXTINCTION” PHENOMENON ON STIMULATION OF THE CEREBRAL CORTEX
4 W.S. McCulloch, G.R. Wendt A PHOTOKYMOGRAPHIC METHOD WITH CONTINUOUS CATHODE RAY OSCILLOGRAMS
5 W.S. McCulloch ON THE NATURE AND DISTRIBUTION OF FACTORS FOR FACILITATION AND EXTINCTION IN THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
6 J.G. Dusser de Barenne, W.S. McCulloch, L.F. Nims FUNCTIONAL ACTIVITY AND pH OF THE CEREBRAL CORTEX
7 J.G. Dusser de Barenne, W.S. McCulloch FUNCTIONAL ORGANIZATION THE SENSORY CORTEX OF THE MONKEY (MACACA MULATTA)
8 J.G. Dusser de Barenne, W.S. McCulloch THE DIRECT FUNCTIONAL INTERRELATION OF SENSORY CORTEX AND OPTIC THALAMUS
9 W.S. McCulloch IRREVERSIBILITY OF CONDUCTION IN THE REFLEX ARC
10 J.G. Dusser de Barenne, Clyde S. Marshall, W.S. McCulloch, Leslie F. Nims OBSERVATIONS ON THE pH OF THE ARTERIAL BLOOD, THE pH AND THE ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY OF THE CEREBRAL CORTEX
11 J.G. Dusser de Barenne, W.S. McCulloch FACTORS FOR FACILITATION AND EXTINCTION IN THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
12 W.S. McCulloch, J.G. Dusser de Barenne THE KNEE-JERK FOLLOWING FACILITATION AND EXTINGUISHING STIMULATION OF RELATED CORTICAL FACE
13 J.G. Dusser de Barenne, W.S. McCulloch PHYSIOLOGICAL DELIMITATION OF NEURONES IN THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
14 J.G. Dusser de Barenne, W.S. McCulloch THE SENSORY CORTEX OF THE CHIMPANZEE
15 Percival Bailey, J.G. Dusser de Barenne, Hugh W. Garol, W.S. McCulloch SENSORY CORTEX OF CHIMPANZEE
16 J.G. Dusser de Barenne, Hugh W. Garol, W.S. McCulloch THE “MOTOR” CORTEX OF THE CHIMPANZEE
17 J.G. Dusser de Barenne, W.S. McCulloch FUNCTIONAL INTERDEPENDENCE OF SENSORY CORTEX AND THALAMUS
18 J.G. Dusser de Barenne, W.S. McCulloch SUPPRESSION OF MOTOR RESPONSE OBTAINED FROM AREA 4 BY STIMULATION OF AREA 4s
19 J.G. Dusser de Barenne, H.W. Garol, W.S. McCulloch FUNCTIONAL ORGANIZATION OF SENSORY AND ADJACENT CORTEX OF THE MONKEY
20 W.S. McCulloch, H.W. Garol CORTICAL ORIGIN AND DISTRIBUTION OF CORPUS CALLOSUM AND ANTERIOR COMMISSURE IN THE MONKEY (MACACA MULATTA)
21 J.G. Dusser de Barenne, Hugh W. Garol, W.S. McCulloch PHYSIOLOGICAL NEURONOGRAPHY OF THE CORTICO-STRIATAL CONNECTIONS
22 M.A. Kennard, W.S. McCulloch EXCITABILITY OF CEREBRAL CORTEX IN INFANT MACACA MULATTA
23 W.S. McCulloch JOANNES GREGORIUS DUSSER DE BARENNE (1885-1940)
24 Henk van der Tweel A CENTER AROUND ONE PERSON
25 A.A. Verveen WARREN MCCULLOCH A PERSONAL ACCOUNT
26 W.S. McCulloch THE USES OF STRYCHNINE
27 G. von Bonin, H.W. Garol, W.S. McCulloch THE FUNCTIONAL ORGANIZATION OF THE OCCIPITAL LOBE
28 M.A. Kennard, W.S. McCulloch MOTOR RESPONSE TO STIMULATION OF CEREBRAL CORTEX IN ABSENCE OF AREAS 4 AND 6 (MACACA MULATTA)
29 P. Bailey, G. von Bonin, H.W. Garol, W.S. McCulloch LONG ASSOCIATION FIBERS IN CEREBRAL HEMISPHERES OF MONKEY AND CHIMPANZEE
30 Jerome Y. Lettvin WARREN AS A TEACHER
31 Manuel Blum NOTES ON McCULLOCH-PITTS’ A LOGICAL CALCULUS OF THE IDEAS IMMANENT IN NERVOUS ACTIVITY
32 Michael H. Arbib COMMENTS ON A LOGICAL CALCULUS OF THE IDEAS IMMANENT IN NERVOUS ACTIVITY
33 W.S. McCulloch, W. Pitts A LOGICAL CALCULUS OF THE IDEAS IMMANENT IN NERVOUS ACTIVITY
34 Rook McCulloch ON F.S.C. NORTHROP
35 F.S.C. Northrop ON W.S. McCULLOCH
36 H.D. Landahl, W.S. McCulloch, W. Pitts A STATISTICAL CONSEQUENCE OF THE LOGICAL CALCULUS OF NERVOUS NETS
37 E.W. Davis, M.D., W.S. McCulloch, M.D., E. Roseman, M.D. RAPID CHANGES IN THE O2 TENSION OF CEREBRAL CORTEX DURING INDUCED CONVULSIONS
38 Norman Geschwind McCULLOCH'S PUBLICATION ON MAPPING OF CORTICAL CONNECTIONS BY STRYCHNINE NEURONOGRAPHY
Warren S. McCulloch

1947, University of Illinois, Medical School, Chicago, Illinois

Volume 2

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39 P. Bailey, G. von Bonin, E.W. Davis, H.W. Garol, W.S. McCulloch, E. Roseman, A. Silveira FUNCTIONAL ORGANIZATION OF THE MEDIAL ASPECT OF THE PRIMATE CORTEX
40 W.S. McCulloch THE FUNCTIONAL ORGANIZATION OF THE CEREBRAL CORTEX
41 W.S. McCulloch CORTICO-CORTICAL CONNECTIONS
42 H.W. Garol, W.S. McCulloch PHYSIOLOGICAL NEURONOGRAPHY OF SOME CORTICO-SUBCORTICAL CONNECTIONS IN THE CHIMPANZEE
43 L.J. Meduna, W.S. McCulloch THE MODERN CONCEPT OF SCHIZOPHRENIA
44 W.S. McCulloch, J.R. Klein, C. Goodwin CHANGES OF NOBLE-METAL ELECTRODE EMF OF CEREBRAL CORTEX
45 W.S. McCulloch A HETERARCHY OF VALUES DETERMINED BY THE TOPOLOGY OF NERVOUS NETS
46 W.S. McCulloch LETTER TO THE EDITOR: THE HETERARCHY OF VALUES DETERMINED BY THE TOPOLOGY OF NERVOUS NETS
47 Michael Arbib A NOTE ON A HETERARCHY OF VALUES DETERMINED BY THE TOPOLOGY OF NERVOUS NETS
48 E. Roseman, C.W. Goodwin, W.S. McCulloch RAPID CHANGES IN CEREBRAL OXYGEN TENSION INDUCED BY ALTERING THE OXYGENATION AND CIRCULATION OF THE BLOOD
49 W.S. McCulloch, G. Graf, H.W. Magoun A CORTICO-BULBO-RETICULAR PATHWAY FROM AREA 4-s
50 A.A. Ward Jr., W.S. McCulloch THE PROJECTION OF THE FRONTAL LOBE ON THE HYPOTHALAMUS
51 R.S. Snider, H.W. Magoun, W.S. McCulloch A SUPPRESSOR CEREBELLO-BULBO-RETICULAR PATHWAY FROM ANTERIOR LOBE AND PARAMEDIAN LOBULES
52 M.D. Wheatley, W.S. McCulloch SUNDRY CHANGES IN PHYSIOLOGY OF CEREBRAL CORTEX FOLLOWING RAPID INJECTION OF SODIUM CYANIDE
53 Valentino Braitenberg COMMENTS ON MODES OF FUNCTIONAL ORGANIZATION OF THE CEREBRAL CORTEX
54 W.S. McCulloch MODES OF FUNCTIONAL ORGANIZATION OF THE CEREBRAL CORTEX
55 Michael Arbib A NOTE ON HOW WE KNOW UNIVERSALS
56 Jerome Y. Lettvin WARREN AND WALTER
57 W. Pitts, W.S. McCulloch HOW WE KNOW UNIVERSALS THE PERCEPTION OF AUDITORY AND VISUAL FORMS
58 W.S. McCulloch, W. Pitts THE STATISTICAL ORGANIZATION OF NERVOUS ACTIVITY
59 W.S. McCulloch, W. Pitts A RECAPITULATION OF THE THEORY WITH A FORECAST OF SEVERAL EXTENSIONS
60 Mallory Selfridge W.S. MCCULLOCH AND THE FOUNDATIONS OF AI
61 W.S. McCulloch THE BRAIN AS A COMPUTING MACHINE
62 R.S. Snider, W.S. McCulloch, H.W. Magoun A CEREBELLO-BULBO-RETICULAR PATHWAY FOR SUPPRESSION
63 W.S. McCulloch PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES UNDERLYING PSYCHONEUROSES
64 W.S. McCulloch, W.H. Pitts HOW NERVOUS STRUCTURES HAVE IDEAS
65 W.S. McCulloch MACHINES THAT THINK AND WANT
66 W.S. McCulloch WHY THE MIND IS IN THE HEAD
67 W.S. McCulloch, J.Y. Lettvin, W.H. Pitts, P.C. Dell AN ELECTRICAL HYPOTHESIS OF CENTRAL INHIBITION AND FACILITATION
68 J.Y. Lettvin, P.C. Dell POSITIVITY IN VENTRAL HORN DURING BULBAR RETICULAR INHIBITION OF MOTONEURONS
69 W.S. McCulloch BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR
70 Donald M. MacKay INTRODUCTORY NOTE TO THE LIMITING INFORMATION CAPACITY OF A NEURONAL LINK
71 D.M. MacKay, W.S. McCulloch THE LIMITING INFORMATION CAPACITY OF A NEURONAL LINK
72 W.S. McCulloch A CONFESSION OF IGNORANCE
73 W.S. McCulloch THE PAST OF A DELUSION
74 Jack Cowan EPILOGUE
Warren S. McCulloch

1962

Volume 3

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75 Heinz von Foerster CIRCULAR CAUSALITY: The Beginnings of an Epistemology of Responsibility
76 W.S. McCulloch INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
77 W.S. McCulloch SUMMARY OF THE POINTS OF AGREEMENT REACHED IN THE PREVIOUS NINE CONFERENCES ON CYBERNETICS
78 W. Pitts, J.Y. Lettvin, P.D. Wall, W.S. McCulloch INVESTIGATION ON SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION
79 W.S. McCulloch THE COLLOQUY OF LIVING THINGS
80 W.S. McCulloch KNOWER, KNOWN AND KNOWLEDGE ANALYTICAL
81 W.S. McCulloch THROUGH THE DEN OF THE METAPHYSICIAN
82 M. Vasalis INTRODUCTION TO POETRY
83 W.S. McCulloch THE NATURAL FIT
84 W.S. McCulloch POETRY: OF HER
85 W.S. McCulloch ONE WORD AFTER ANOTHER
86 W.S. McCulloch MYSTERIUM INIQUITATIS OF SINFUL MAN ASPIRING UNTO THE PLACE OF GOD
87 W.S. McCulloch INFORMATION IN THE HEAD
88 Robert C. Gesteland THE OLFACTORY ADVENTURE
89 Patrick D. Wall AN ASSESSMENT OF THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PHYSIOLOGICAL CONTRIBUTIONS AFTER 1950
90 B. Howland, J.Y. Lettvin, W.S. McCulloch, W. Pitts, P.D. Wall REFLEX INHIBITION BY DORSAL ROOT INTERACTION
91 Patrick D. Wall, W.S. McCulloch, J.Y. Lettvin, W.H. Pitts EFFECTS OF STRYCHNINE WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO SPINAL AFFERENT FIBERS
92 Patrick D. Wall, W.S. McCulloch, J.Y. Lettvin, W.H. Pitts THE TERMINAL ARBORISATION OF THE CATS PYRAMIDAL TRACT DETERMINED BY A NEW TECHNIQUE
93 Patrick D. Wall, J.Y. Lettvin, W.H. Pitts, W.S. McCulloch LIMITS ON NERVE IMPULSE TRANSMISSION
94 W.S. McCulloch TOWARD SOME CIRCUITRY OF ETHICAL ROBOTS OR AN OBSERVATIONAL SCIENCE OF THE GENESIS OF SOCIAL EVALUATION IN THE MIND-LIKE BEHAVIOR OF ARTIFACTS
95 Patrick D. Wall, J.Y. Lettvin, W.S. McCulloch, W.H. Pitts FACTORS LIMITING THE MAXIMUM IMPULSE TRANSMITTING ABILITY OF AN AFFERENT SYSTEM OF NERVE FIBERS
96 W.S. McCulloch THE BIOLOGIST, THE PHYSICIST AND THE ENGINEER
97 W.S. McCulloch BIOLOGICAL COMPUTER
98 José del Castillo, J.Y. Lettvin, W.S. McCulloch, W. Pitts MEMBRANE CURRENTS IN CLAMPED VERTEBRATE NERVE
99 Jack Cowan NEURONAL NETS
100 W.S. McCulloch THE STABILITY OF BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS
101 W.S. McCulloch AGATHE TYCHE, OF NERVOUS NETS: THE LUCKY RECKONERS
Warren S. McCulloch

1965

Volume 4

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102 J.Y. Lettvin, H.R. Maturana, W.S. McCulloch, W.H. Pitts WHAT THE FROG'S EYE TELLS THE FROG'S BRAIN
103 J.Y. Lettvin, H.R. Maturana, W.H. Pitts, W.S. McCulloch TWO REMARKS ON THE VISUAL SYSTEM OF THE FROG
104 J.Y. Lettvin, H.R. Maturana, W.S. McCulloch, W.H. Pitts THE RELIABILITY OF BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS
105 W.S. McCulloch WHERE IS FANCY BRED?
106 W.S. McCulloch WHAT IS A NUMBER, THAT A MAN MAY KNOW IT, AND A MAN, THAT HE MAY KNOW A NUMBER?
107 W.S. McCulloch ABRACADABRA
108 W.S. McCulloch THE UTILITY OF ANASTOMOTIC NETS
109 W.S. McCulloch, M.A. Arbib, J.D. Cowan NEUROLOGICAL MODELS AND INTEGRATED PROCESSES
110 W.S. McCulloch THE IMITATION OF ONE FORM OF LIFE BY ANOTHER - BIOMIMESIS
111 W.S. McCulloch ANASTOMOTIC NETS COMBATING NOISE
112 W.S. McCulloch RELIABLE SYSTEMS USING UNRELIABLE UNITS
113 J. Droogleever-Fortuyn RETICULAR FORMATION AND CHOICE OF BEHAVIOR
114 W.S. McCulloch, W.L. Kilmer THE COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEM OF THE VERTEBRATES
115 W.S. McCulloch REGENERATIVE LOOPS
116 Arnold B. Scheibel WARREN AND THE BRAIN STEM RETICULAR CORE
117 W. Kilmer, W.S. McCulloch THE RETICULAR FORMATION COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEM
118 W.S. McCulloch CONTROL OF POSTURE AND MOTION
119 M.A. Arbib NOTE ON CONTROL OF POSTURE AND MOTION
120 W.S. McCulloch STUDIES IN CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM AND ITS REGULATION IN HEALTH AND DISEASE OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
121 W.S. McCulloch NORBERT WIENER AND THE ART OF THEORY
122 W.S. McCulloch "WHAT'S IN THE BRAIN THAT INK MAY CHARACTER?"
123 W.L. Kilmer POSTSCRIPT TO “WHATS IN THE BRAIN THAT INK MAY CHARACTER?”
124 W.S. McCulloch CYBERNETIC PROBLEMS OF LEARNING: Conditioning of Control, of Command and of Expediency
125 Stuart Kauffman BEHAVIOR OF GENE NETS
126 R. Moreno-Diaz, W.S. McCulloch CIRCULARITIES IN NETS AND THE CONCEPT OF FUNCTIONAL MATRICES
127 W.S. McCulloch OF I AND IT
128 W.S. McCulloch RAGNAR ROKR: THE EFFECTS OF CONSCIOUS PURPOSE ON HUMAN ADAPTATION
BIOGRAPHICAL DATES: Warren Sturgis McCulloch—1898-1969
PUBLICATIONS BY W.S. McCULLOCH
Marko Kardum Frogs, Pigeons and the Synthetic A Priori Within Us All: Can McCulloch's Search for Universals Tell Us Anything Useful in Perception Debate within Philosophy of Art?
Stuart A. Umpleby REVISITING WARREN S. McCULLOCH