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Are you a machine? : the brain, the mind, and what it means to be human / Eliezer J. Sternberg ; illustrations by Shannon Balke.

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Van Pelt Library BD450 .S7657 2007
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Sternberg, Eliezer J.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Philosophical anthropology.
Human beings.
Physical Description:
176 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Place of Publication:
Amherst, N.Y. : Humanity Books, 2007.
Contents:
In the scientist's lair
The mysterious power
The ghost in the machine
The mechanics of mind
Consciousness emerges
How to build a mind
Turing's test of consciousness
Supremacy of the machines
The Chinese room
Demons in the brain
Describing the indescribable
March of the zombies
The denial of consciousness
The limits of computation
A new generation.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-168) and index.
ISBN:
9781591024835
1591024838
OCLC:
72699049

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