E-Book, Englisch, 196 Seiten, eBook
Reihe: Science and Fiction
ISBN: 978-3-030-00599-3
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Wasserzeichen (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
mind
, this aware and self-aware
consciousness
that seems unlike anything else we experience? What makes consciousness the
Hard Problem
of philosophy, still unsolved after millennia of probing? This book looks into the heart of this mystery - at the science and philosophy of consciousness and at many inspiring fictional examples - and finds strange, challenging answers.
The book's content and entertaining style will appeal equally to science fiction enthusiasts and scholars, including cognitive and neuroscientists, as well as philosophers of mind. It is a refreshing romp through the science and science fiction of consciousness.
Zielgruppe
Popular/general
Autoren/Hrsg.
Weitere Infos & Material
Preface.- The Machine in the Ghost.- The Language of the Mind.- What Is It Like to Be a Consciuos SF Writer?.- The First Century-Plus.- The Second Golden Age.- Entering the Mainstream.- Radically Different Minds.- L'Être et le néant.- Minds on Fire.- Transcending.- Waking up Different.