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The Great Courses (2008), 12 hours, 24 lectures, 190 page guidebook
Description
A series of 24 lectures on various aspects of the phenomenon of consciousness.
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LibraryThing member jpsnow
Grimm delivers a thoughtful lecture series. What impressed me the most is his ability to make complex concepts understandable. In this series, he uses examples involving Einstein's brain and Babbage's calculation engine. He covers dualism vs. monism, robots, human perception, mind-body problems and
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consciousness. I gained from the series - at least I think it was me. Show Less
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English
Physical description
190 p.; 6.75 inches
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[1] The dream, the brain, and the machine [2] The mind-body problem [3] Brains and minds, parts and wholes [4] The inner theater [5] Living in the material world [6] A functional approach to the mind [7] What is it about robots? [8] Body image [9] Self-identity and other minds [10] Perception: what do you really see? [11] Perception: intentionality and evolution [12] A mind in the world [13] A history of smart machines [14] Intelligence and IQ [15] Artificial intelligence [16] Brains and computers [17] Attacks on artificial intelligence [18] Do we have free will? [19] Seeing and believing [20] Mysteries of color [21] The hard problem of consciousness [22] The conscious brain: 2½ physical theories [23] The HOT theory and antitheories [24] What we know and what we don't know