Buch, Englisch, 522 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 894 g
Conscious Networks in Brains and Computers
Buch, Englisch, 522 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 894 g
ISBN: 978-0-521-79462-6
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
The title of this book was inspired by a passage in Charles Sherrington's Man on his Nature. When that famous physiologist died in 1952, the prospects for a scientific explanation of consciousness seemed remote. Enchanted Looms shows how the situation has changed dramatically, and provides what is probably the most wide-ranging account of the phenomenon ever written. Rodney Cotterill bridges the gap between the bottom-up approach to understanding consciousness, anchored in the brain's biochemistry, anatomy and physiology, and the top-down strategy, which concerns itself with behaviour and the nervous system's interaction with the environment. The author argues that an explanation of consciousness is now at hand, and extends the discussion to include intelligence and creativity. This beautifully written and illustrated book will be valued for its easy access to one of science's last great challenges. It will change forever our view of consciousness, and our concept of the human being.
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Fachgebiete
- Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Informatik Künstliche Intelligenz Fuzzy-Systeme
- Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Populärwissenschaftliche Werke
- Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geographie: Sachbuch, Reise
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politik: Sachbuch, Politikerveröffentlichungen
Weitere Infos & Material
1. Introduction; 2. The ultimate black box; 3. Under the lid; 4. Games neurons play; 5. Lasting impressions; 6. From percept to concept; 7. The grand design; 8. The first half second; 9. Midwives of reflection; 10. The depth of reason; 11. The message and the medium.
