The revolutions of scientific structure / Colin G. Hales.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hales, Colin G., author.

Series:

Series on machine consciousness ; Volume 3.

Series on Machine Consciousness, 2010-3158 ; Volume 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Artificial intelligence--Philosophy.

Artificial intelligence.

Robotics--Philosophy.

Robotics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (343 p.)

Place of Publication:

Singapore : World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book discusses two main cultural problems behind the failure of machine consciousness and artificial general intelligence (AGI) projects over many decades. The first problem recognizes that building a conscious AGI means building an artificial scientist. The book identifies the responsible pitfalls in mainstream scientific behavior and eliminates them by proposing a new operational framework for scientists called "Dual Aspect Science". The second problem arises because scholars involved in machine consciousness and AGI essentially aim to replicate brains with computers. They are demonstra

Contents:

Dedication; Preface; Contents; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; Chapter 1; Preamble; 1.1 Reading this book: The quick way; Chapter 2; Introduction; 2.1 Description(what) vs. explanation(why); Chapter 3; Consciousness; 3.1 The modern scientific perspective on consciousness; 3.2 Objectivity and the first-person perspective (1PP); 3.3 The science of consciousness; 3.4 Other consciousness aspects; 3.4.1 Unconscious processing, skills and novelty; 3.4.2 Attention; 3.4.3 Higher order consciousness; 3.4.4 The 'self; 3.4.5 Primary consciousness; 3.5 Summary; Chapter 4

The Route to Normal Science4.1 An aside: The philosophy => science transition in the science of consciousness; 4.2 The taboo; 4.3 Summary; Chapter 5; 'Normal' Science; 5.1 Normal science as paradigmatic science; 5.2 Puzzle solving as normal science; 5.3 Paradigms and scientific behaviour as tacit knowledge; 5.4 The 'Law of Scientific Behaviour' - the first steps; 5.5 Summary; Chapter 6; The Great Blockage; 6.1 Scientific behaviour and world-view gestalt; 6.2 Manifestations of blockage #1 - science; 6.2.1 Ok. Enough; 6.3 Manifestations of blockage #2 - engineering; 6.4 Summary; Chapter 7

Cultural Learning Theory for Scientists7.1 Introduction; 7.2 The existing intersubjectivity-based learning framework; 7.3 Attributes of a more general model; 7.4 Definitions: Implicit, explicit and reportable models; 7.5 A more generalised learning framework; 7.6 The upgraded model: Discussion; 7.7 Science, Scientific behaviour, scientific learning & self-governance; 7.8 Summary; Chapter 8; The 'Law of Scientific Behaviour'; 8.1 Scientific behaviour and the scientific paradigm; 8.2 Down to business: tA; 8.3 Causality, apparent causality and tn; 8.4 Statement dynamics

8.5 Statements and objectivity8.6 Statements and 'law', 'theory' and the like; 8.7 Fake science; 8.8 Robot science; 8.9 Alien science; 8.10 Zombie science; 8.11 The post-zombie science apocalypse; 8.12 Letting it settle in; 8.13 Summary; Chapter 9; The Biology of Belief: Statement Formation; 9.1 Dynamical systems; 9.2 Non-stationary systems; 9.3 Pendulum 'statements' in phase space, and its generalisation; 9.4 Nonsense statements; 9.5 More on the dynamics of changes in dynamics; 9.6 Associative memory and the state trajectory; 9.7 Induction - problem solved (again)

9.8 The mathematics of statement dynamics as belief dynamics9.9 Lets stretch things a little further; 9.10 P-consciousness within the state trajectory; 9.11 Tokens, language and meaning; 9.12 Building it; 9.13 Homework; 9.14 Summary; Chapter 10; Hierarchy, Emergence and Causality; 10.1 Aside: Causality (causation) vs. critical dependency; 10.2 The second aspect: A fundamental challenge; 10.3 Causality, the 'Ghost in the Machine'; 10.4 Dynamic Hierarchies; 10.5 Dissapative and lossless dynamic hierarchies; 10.6 Hierarchy change dynamics (dynamical agency); 10.7 Emergence: Redux

10.8 Final preparation - establishing nomenclature

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 19, 2014).

ISBN:

981-4616-25-7