Add to ORKGThis book provides a comprehensive overview of my recent theoretical work that aims to explain some of the more puzzling properties of life and mind, in particular agency, goal-directedness and consciousness. It contains published papers as well as new material. Table of contents: Preface - PART I: GROUNDWORK - 1. Introduction - 2. The basic mechanism - 3. Inclusive and extensive fitness - 4. Components of F and X - 5. The consequences: a preview - PART II: LIFE - 6. What qualifies as life? - 7. Biological meaning - 8. Biological functions - PART III: MIND - 9. Minimal agency, goal-directedness and value - 10. Intentionality and meaning - 11. Language - 12. Consciousness - 13. The human self - PART IV: PHILOSOPHY - 14. Strong emergence - 15...
The goal of this chapter is to make the case that any biological approach to consciousness must addr...
A primer on the philosophical issues relating to phenomenal consciousness, part of a collection of n...
Against ideas of dualism, logocentrism, anthropocentrism, animism, panpsychism, biocentrism, neuroce...
This book provides a comprehensive overview of my recent theoretical work that aims to explain some ...
A recently developed computational and neurobiological theory of phenomenal consciousness is applied...
The origin and development of consciousness is poorly understood. Although it is clearly a naturalis...
© 2017, IGI Global. All rights reserved. The purpose of this chapter is to delineate a naturalistic ...
Some of the oldest and deepest questions in philosophy fall under the umbrella of consciousness and ...
The goal of this programmatic paper is to highlight a close connection between the core problem in t...
The scientific study of consciousness or subjective experiencing is a rapidly expanding research pro...
abstract: The problems addressed by the philosophy of mind arise anew when we consider the possibili...
Consciousness may not only be a problem how to know the brain but also a problem how to understand w...
We introduce a computational framework for consciousness. We hypothesize that emergent rules of comp...
Following the dominant Indian philosophical tradition, an ultimate and intrinsically indefinable rea...
This is a sketch of the basis and role of consciousness and the minimally required elements and cons...
The goal of this chapter is to make the case that any biological approach to consciousness must addr...
A primer on the philosophical issues relating to phenomenal consciousness, part of a collection of n...
Against ideas of dualism, logocentrism, anthropocentrism, animism, panpsychism, biocentrism, neuroce...
This book provides a comprehensive overview of my recent theoretical work that aims to explain some ...
A recently developed computational and neurobiological theory of phenomenal consciousness is applied...
The origin and development of consciousness is poorly understood. Although it is clearly a naturalis...
© 2017, IGI Global. All rights reserved. The purpose of this chapter is to delineate a naturalistic ...
Some of the oldest and deepest questions in philosophy fall under the umbrella of consciousness and ...
The goal of this programmatic paper is to highlight a close connection between the core problem in t...
The scientific study of consciousness or subjective experiencing is a rapidly expanding research pro...
abstract: The problems addressed by the philosophy of mind arise anew when we consider the possibili...
Consciousness may not only be a problem how to know the brain but also a problem how to understand w...
We introduce a computational framework for consciousness. We hypothesize that emergent rules of comp...
Following the dominant Indian philosophical tradition, an ultimate and intrinsically indefinable rea...
This is a sketch of the basis and role of consciousness and the minimally required elements and cons...
The goal of this chapter is to make the case that any biological approach to consciousness must addr...
A primer on the philosophical issues relating to phenomenal consciousness, part of a collection of n...
Against ideas of dualism, logocentrism, anthropocentrism, animism, panpsychism, biocentrism, neuroce...