Mind Out of Matter - Topics in the Physical Foundations of Consciousness and Cognition (Hardcover, 1998 ed.)

Mind Out of Matter aims to transform the way we think about consciousness and the physical world. Unlike many contemporary volumes, it develops a robust and philosophically satisfying account of the mind/body relationship without doing violence to fundamental physics. It expunges popular but ludicrous assumptions about the in principle' capabilities of cognizers and, with the help of tools from mathematics and scientific fields, supplants flawed notions of representation, function, and mental state with objective and physically grounded alternatives. It debunks quantum theories of consciousness, constructs a simple zombie recipe, and evaluates recent research on chaotic analogue networks. This book is indispensable for readers in philosophy of mind, cognitive science, and artificial intelligence, and for mathematicians applying complexity theory or information theory to biological cognition. Audience: General academic/university libraries, plus university departmental libraries in philosophy, artificial intelligence, cognitive science, and computer science. Researchers and specialists in philosophy of mind, cognitive science, artificial intelligence, artificial life, complexity theory, and information theory. Researchers in the telecommunications industry.

General

Imprint:	Springer
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	Studies in Cognitive Systems, 20
Release date:	July 1998
First published:	1998
Authors:	G. R. Mulhauser
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	291
Edition:	1998 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-7923-5103-0
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Philosophy of mind Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Philosophy of mind Promotions
LSN:	0-7923-5103-7
Barcode:	9780792351030

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