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Human and Machine Consciousness
- David Gamez(author)
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| Title | Human and Machine Consciousness |
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| Contributor | David Gamez(author) |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0107 |
| Landing page | https://www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647/obp.0107 |
| License | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| Copyright | David Gamez |
| Publisher | Open Book Publishers |
| Publication place | Cambridge, UK |
| Published on | 2018-03-07 |
| ISBN | 978-1-78374-298-1 (Paperback) |
| 978-1-78374-299-8 (Hardback) | |
| 978-1-78374-300-1 (PDF) | |
| 978-1-80064-526-4 (HTML) | |
| 978-1-78374-488-6 (XML) | |
| 978-1-78374-301-8 (EPUB) | |
| 978-1-78374-302-5 (MOBI) | |
| Short abstract | Human and Machine Consciousness presents a new foundation for the scientific study of consciousness. It sets out a bold interpretation of consciousness that neutralizes the philosophical problems and explains how we can make scientific predictions about the consciousness of animals, brain-damaged patients and machines. |
| Long abstract | Consciousness is widely perceived as one of the most fundamental, interesting and difficult problems of our time. However, we still know next to nothing about the relationship between consciousness and the brain and we can only speculate about the consciousness of animals and machines. Human and Machine Consciousness presents a new foundation for the scientific study of consciousness. It sets out a bold interpretation of consciousness that neutralizes the philosophical problems and explains how we can make scientific predictions about the consciousness of animals, brain-damaged patients and machines. Gamez interprets the scientific study of consciousness as a search for mathematical theories that map between measurements of consciousness and measurements of the physical world. We can use artificial intelligence to discover these theories and they could make accurate predictions about the consciousness of humans, animals and artificial systems. Human and Machine Consciousness also provides original insights into unusual conscious experiences, such as hallucinations, religious experiences and out-of-body states, and demonstrates how ‘designer’ states of consciousness could be created in the future. Gamez explains difficult concepts in a clear way that closely engages with scientific research. His punchy, concise prose is packed with vivid examples, making it suitable for the educated general reader as well as philosophers and scientists. Problems are brought to life in colourful illustrations and a helpful summary is given at the end of each chapter. The endnotes provide detailed discussions of individual points and full references to the scientific and philosophical literature. |
| Print length | 234 pages (xii + 222) |
| Language | English (Original) |
| Dimensions | 156 x 13 x 234 mm | 6.14" x 0.49" x 9.21" (Paperback) |
| 156 x 14 x 234 mm | 6.14" x 0.56" x 9.21" (Hardback) | |
| Weight | 739g | 26.07oz (Paperback) |
| 1118g | 39.44oz (Hardback) | |
| Media | 26 illustrations |
| OCLC Number | 1042278523 |
| LCCN | 2019452731 |
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Contents
1. Introduction
(pp. 3–8)- David Gamez
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4. The Measurement of Consciousness
(pp. 43–68)- David Gamez
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6. Physical Theories of Consciousness
(pp. 85–92)- David Gamez
7. Information Theories of Consciousness
(pp. 93–102)- David Gamez
8. Computation Theories of Consciousness
(pp. 103–112)- David Gamez
9. Predictions and Deductions about Consciousness
(pp. 113–124)- David Gamez
10. Modification and Enhancement of Consciousness
(pp. 125–134)- David Gamez
11. Machine Consciousness
(pp. 135–148)- David Gamez
12. Conclusion
(pp. 149–158)- David Gamez
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Endnotes
(pp. 165–200)- David Gamez
Contributors
David Gamez
(author)Lecturer in Computer Science at Middlesex University