Mind Out of Matter Topics in the Physical Foundations of Consciousne
Mind Out of Matter aims to transform the way we think about consciousness and the physical world. Unlike many contemporary volumes, it develops a robust and philosophically satisfying account of the mind/body relationship without doing violence to fundame
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STUDIES IN COGNITIVE SYSTEMS VOLUME 20 EDITOR James H. Fetzer, University of Minnesota, Duluth ADVISORY EDITORIAL BOARD Fred Dretske, Stanford University Charles E.M. Dunlop, University of Michigan, Flint Ellery Eells, University of Wisconsin, Madison Alick Elithom, Royal Free Hospital, London Jerry Fodor, Rutgers University Alvin Goldman, University of Arizona Jaakko Hintikka, Boston University Frank Keil, Cornell University William Rapaport, State University of New York at Buffalo Barry Richards, Imperial College, London Stephen Stich, Rutgers University Lucia Vaina, Boston University Terry Winograd, Stanford University
The titles published in this series are listed at the end of this volume.
MIND OUT OF MATTER Topics in the Physical Foundations of Consciousness and Cognition by GREGORY R. MULHAUSER Applied Research and Technology, British Telecom Laboratories, Martlesham Heath, England, #http://www.labs.bt.com/people/mulhaug and Department of Philosophy, University ofGlasgow, Scotland
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ISBN 978-94-010-6144-5 ISBN 978-94-011-5104-7 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-94-011-5104-7
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AlI Rights Reserved © 1998 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht Originally published by Kluwer Academic Publishers in 1998 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1998 No part of the material protected by this copyright notice may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, incJuding photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the copyright owner.
Having written it on the peaceful European soil which he fought to keep free more than half a century ago, I dedicate this book to the memory of my grandfather, Raymond B. Mulhauser.
Table of Contents SERIES PREFACE
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DETAILED TABLE OF CONTENTS
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TABLE OF FrGURES
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FOREWORD
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CHAPTER ONE: FRONTAL ASSAULT CHAPTER TWo: ZOMBIES AND THEIR LOOK-ALrKES
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CHAPTER THREE: INFORMATION, COMPLEXITY, AND REPRESENTATION
31
CHAPTER FOUR: A ROSE, By ANy OTHER NAME (OR DESCRIPTION)
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CHAPTER FIvE: FUNCTIONAL SYSTEMS
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CHAPTER SIX: SELF MODELS
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CHAPTER SEVEN: SCHRODINGER'S CATIS DEAD
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CHAPTER EIGHT: BUILDING CONSCIOUS DATA STRUCTURES
171
CHAPTER NINE: CHAOS, COMPUTABILITY, AND REAL LIFE
208
CHAPTER TEN: My 'HIDDEN' AGENDA
236
REFERENCES
257
INDEX
277
Series Preface This series will include monographs and collections of studies devoted to the investigation and exploration of knowledge, information, and data-processing systems of all kinds, no matter whether human, (other) animal, or machine. Its scope is intended to span the full range of interests from classical problems in the philosophy of mind and philosophical psychology through issues in cognitive psychology and sociobiology (regarding the mental abilities of other species) to ideas related to artificial intelligence and computer science. While emphasis
