{"product_id":"wandering-towards-a-goal-anthony-aguirre-9783030093105","title":"Wandering Towards a Goal: How Can Mindless Mathematical Laws Give Rise to Aims and Intention?","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis collection of prize-winning essays addresses the controversial question of how meaning and goals can emerge in a physical world governed by mathematical laws. What are the prerequisites for a system to have goals? What makes a physical process into a signal? Does eliminating the homunculus solve the problem? The three first-prize winners, Larissa Albantakis, Carlo Rovelli and Jochen Szangolies tackle exactly these challenges, while many other aspects (agency, the role of the observer, causality versus teleology, ghosts in the machine etc.) feature in the other award winning contributions. All contributions are accessible to non-specialists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese seventeen stimulating and often entertaining essays are enhanced versions of the prize-winning entries to the FQXi essay competition in 2017.The Foundational Questions Institute, FQXi, catalyzes, supports, and disseminates research on questions at the foundations of physics and cosmology, particularly new frontiers and innovativeideas integral to a deep understanding of reality, but unlikely to be supported by conventional funding sources.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anthony Aguirre\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3030093107\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783030093105\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Springer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/25\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 254\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.55d","brand":"Anthony Aguirre","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44125929767167,"sku":"9783030093105","price":64.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_30b4e4b9-2a51-4106-8312-16e7d0a5c666.jpg?v=1687445364","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/wandering-towards-a-goal-anthony-aguirre-9783030093105","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}