Cognitive Approach to Conscious Machines (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780907845423)

Could a machine have an immaterial mind? The author argues that true conscious machines can be built, but rejects artificial intelligence and classical neural networks in favour of the emulation of the cognitive processes of the brain the flow of inner speech, inner imagery and emotions. This results in a non-numeric meaning-processing machine with distributed information representation and system reactions. It is argued that this machine would be conscious; it would be aware of its own existence and its mental content and perceive this as immaterial.Novel views on consciousness and the mind body problem are presented. This book is a must for anyone interested in consciousness research and the latest ideas in the forthcoming technology of mind."

Author: Pentti O. Haikonen
ISBN-10: 0907845428
ISBN-13: 9780907845423
Publisher: Imprint Academic (Ips)
Language: English
Published: 03/01/2003
Pages: 295
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.24lbs
Size: 9.24h x 6.40w x 0.85d