Homunculus

The concept of a homunculus (Latin for "little man", sometimes spelled "homonculus") is often used to illustrate the functioning of a system. In the scientific sense of an unknowable prime actor, it can be viewed as an entity or agent.

References

• Florescu, Radu (1975) In Search of Frankenstein. Warner Books, New York.
• Gregory, R.L. (1990) Eye and Brain: The Psychology of Seeing, Oxford University Press Inc. New York.
• Gregory, T.L. (1987). The Oxford Companion to Mind. Oxford University Press.
• Ryle, G. (1949) The Concept of Mind. The University of Chicago Press, 1949.
• Carnahan, Jeff (2005) Photograph: Homunculus http://jeffpix.blogspot.com/2005/08/homunculus.html