Consciousness evolving / edited by James H. Fetzer.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Fetzer, James H., 1940-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Amsterdam ; Philadelphia, Pa. : John Benjamins Pub., ©2002.
Series:	Advances in consciousness research ; v. 34.
Subjects:	Consciousness. Evolution. Consciousness > Physiological aspects. Evolution (Biology) PSYCHOLOGY > Personality. PHILOSOPHY > Mind & Body. Evolution Consciousness Consciousness > Physiological aspects
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Table of Contents:

Prologue : Turing indistinguishability and the blind watchmaker / Stevan Harnad
Part I: Natural consciousness
Consciousness, adaptation and epiphenomenalism / Tom Polger, Owen Flanagan
The function of consciousness / David Cole
Sensations and grain processes / George Graham, Terry Horgan
Part II: Special adaptations
Evolution, consciousness, and the language of thought / James W. Garson
Why did evolution engineer consciousness? / Selmer Bringsjord, Ron Noel
Nothing without mind / Stephen Clark
Part III: Artificial consciousness
The emergence of grounded representations : The power and limits of sensory- motor coordination / Stefano Nolfi, Oraxio Miglino
Ago Ergo Sum / Dario Floreano
Evolving robot consciousness : The easy problems and the rest / Inman Harvey
Epilogue : The future with cloning: On the possibility of serial immortality / Neil Tennant.

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