The Feeling of Life Itself: Why Consciousness Is Widespread but Can't Be ComputedA thought-provoking argument that consciousness—more widespread than previously assumed—is the feeling of being alive, not a type of computation or a clever hack |
Contents
1 What Is Consciousness? | 1 |
2 Who Is Conscious? | 11 |
3 Animal Consciousness | 25 |
4 Consciousness and the Rest | 33 |
5 Consciousness and the Brain | 39 |
6 Tracking the Footprints of Consciousness | 53 |
7 Why We Need a Theory of Consciousness | 71 |
8 Of Wholes | 79 |
11 Does Consciousness Have a Function? | 119 |
12 Consciousness and Computationalism | 129 |
13 Why Computers Cant Experience | 141 |
14 Is Consciousness Everywhere? | 155 |
Why This Matters | 169 |
Notes | 175 |
References | 211 |
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The Feeling of Life Itself: Why Consciousness Is Widespread but Can't Be ... Christof Koch No preview available - 2020 |