Abstract:It has long been one of most fundamental problems of philosophy, and it is now, John Searle writes, the most important problem in biological sciences What is consciousness? Is my inner awareness of my...It has long been one of most fundamental problems of philosophy, and it is now, John Searle writes, the most important problem in biological sciences What is consciousness? Is my inner awareness of myself something separate from my body? In what began as a series of essays in The New York Review of Books, John Searle evaluates positions on consciousness of such well-known scientists and philosophers as Francis Crick, Gerald Edelman, Roger Penrose, Daniel Dennett, David Chalmers, and Israel Rosenfield. He challenges claims that mind works like a computer, and that brain functions can be reproduced by computer programs. With a sharp eye for confusion and contradiction, he points out which avenues of current research are most likely to come up with a biological examination of how conscious states are caused by brain. Only when we understand how brain works will we solve mystery of consciousness, and only then will we begin to understand issues ranging from artificial intelligence to our very nature as human beings.Read More
Publication Year: 1990
Publication Date: 1990-01-01
Language: en
Type: book
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