The World in My Mind, My Mind in the World: Key Mechanisms of Consciousness in People, Animals And Machines - Couverture rigide

Aleksander, Igor

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1845400216 ISBN 13 : 9781845400217

Editeur : Imprint Academic, 2005

Synopsis

Not consciousness, but knowledge of consciousness: that is what this book communicates in a fascinating way. Consciousness is the thread that links the disappearing gorilla with the octopus suffering from a stomach ache, and the person under anaesthetic with a new born baby. How these are different, yet illustrative, of consciousness is revealed in this accessible book by one of the world's leading thinkers and neural computing engineers. Igor Aleksander addresses this enigmatic topic, by making us understand the difference between what happens to us when thinking consciously and when sort of thinking when dreaming or when not conscious at all, as when sleeping, anaesthetised or knocked out by a blow on the head. The book also tackles the larger topics of free will, choice, God, Freud (what is 'the unconscious’?), inherited traits and individuality, while exploding the myths and misinformation of many earlier mind-hijackers. He shares the journey towards building a new model of consciousness, with an invitation to understand 5 axioms or basic ideas, which we easily recognise in ourselves.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Igor Aleksander is professor emeritus of Electrical Engineering at the Imperial College of Science and Technology, London.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Imprint Academic
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1845400216
• ISBN 13: 9781845400217
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 200
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible