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9780966011197

Mind as Mosaic : The Robot in the Machine

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    9780966011197

  • ISBN10:

    0966011198

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2000-05-01
  • Publisher: J-Press Pub
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Summary

Mind as Mosaic: The Robot in the Machine is a beguiling introduction to how the mind is created by the brain. With clarity, humor and poetry, Mind as Mosaic mixes history, biology, philosophy, artificial intelligence, and psychology in fresh, cutting-edge and insightful reading.

People who drill holes in their heads, cannibals, electrical stimulation of brains, people who are blind but don't know it, and other absorbing and intriguing wonders are presented and explained in an uncompromisingly honest style that is compelling and accessible.

Packed with startling and riveting examples and clear explanations of how the mind is robotically formed by brain processes, Mind as Mosaic is science wrapped in humanity, facts laced with wit, philosophy in a white laboratory coat. The subject is not only fun, it is profound.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1(4)
Part I The Domain of Mind Science 5(88)
Wonderings: Questions About Mind
7(14)
Musing About Meaning: Defining the Mind
21(18)
A Tale of two Realities: Exorcising the Ghost Mind
39(24)
Brain Research and Folk Psychology: Myths About Mind
63(30)
Part II The Brain Creator of the Mind 93(88)
Bumps and Holes: The Locus of Mind
95(16)
Needles and Pins: Probing the Mind
111(16)
Brainscapes: Revealing the Mind
127(28)
The Robot in the Machine: The Perceiving Mind
155(26)
Part III Human-Made Thinking Machines 181(66)
I Think, Therefore I Calculate: The Mechanical Mind
185(22)
Re-Inventing the Brain: The Artificial Mind
207(22)
The Meat Machine: Computing the Mind
229(18)
Part IV Higher-Order Mind Functions 247(112)
Does the Name Pavlov Ring a Bell? The Learning and Remembering Mind
251(22)
Spiderwebs of Silken Threads: The Cognitive Mind
273(28)
When Brains Go Wrong: The Aberrant Mind
301(32)
Mumblings: Pondering the Mind
333(26)
Bibliography 359(14)
Index 373

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