Impossible Minds

My Neurons, My Consciousness

By: Igor Aleksander

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Hardcover | 30 September 1996

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Arguing that the neurons in our heads are the source of consciousness, this book attempts to explain how this happens. Although it talks of neural networks, it tries to explain what they are and what they do, in such a way that anyone may understand. This book is also a story. A story of a land where people think that they are automata without much in the way of consciousness, a story of cormorants and cliffs by the sea, a story of what it might be like to be a conscious machine...

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"... his book provides a popular account of the problem of consciousness. It is a personal view, from the perspective of a plain-speaking and clear-sighted engineer, articulated with all the optimism and confidence that engineers need to pursue the audacious goal of designing intelligent and conscious robots ... it is more of an 'ideas' book, and was fun to read. It should be an adventure and an inspiration for the human, if not yet the robotic, mind." William Clocksin Nature, 1996 "... no one could deny that Aleksander is doing a good job in this book of rehabilitating and making accessible some of the more unreasonable, some might say unfathomable, of AI's tenets: would recommend Aleksander's book as if nothing else, an excellent primer on matters of AI consciousness and philosophy." Peter Thomas New Scientist, 1996 "... reading 'Impossible Minds' is a lot of fun, both for the variety of topics and for the controversies it touches upon. For the beginner it is a good introduction to a fast-growing discipline; for every reader it is a good starting point of healthy argument with the author's views." International Journal of Neural Systems Apr 1997

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Non-Fiction Philosophy Philosophy of The Mind Mind, Body, Spirit Science Biology, Life Sciences Life Sciences in General Neurosciences Reference, Information & Interdisciplinary Subjects Research & Information Information theory Cybernetics & Systems Theory

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Preface: Yet Another Book on Consciousness?
How this book got to be written
Apologies
Thanks
Who's Afraid of Magnus?	p. 1
Neurons and Thought	p. 29
Automata and Brains	p. 72
The Inner Eye of Consciousness	p. 105
Who Am I?	p. 133
Beginnings and Words	p. 165
Give Me a Teddy ...	p. 198
Qualia, Instinct and Emotion	p. 236
What's the Use of Artificial Minds?	p. 266
Magnus 2030 AD: An Interview	p. 300
Bibliography	p. 329
Index	p. 337
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