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Existing in the Information Dimension: An Introduction to Emergent Information Theory

Autor Daniel Boyd
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 9 sep 2024
This book presents new insights into the nature of the human mind as a product of the brain. It does so by discussing how biological and technological information systems differ from their counterparts with physical functions, presenting Emergent Information Theory as a solution to the mind-body problem and overarching framework for all biological and technological information systems.
Emergent Information Theory is a new theoretical approach to the specific type of information and emergence exploited by biological neural networks and digital systems. One of the conclusions of this theory is that these entities and processes are non-physical and exist in an information dimension connected to but distinct from the three dimensions of physical space. It is in this information dimension that our minds exist, making it ultimately more our home as sentient beings than the physical realm inhabited by our bodies. This book presents existing scientific and philosophical evidence that leads to this conclusion, followed by application of the theory to biological and technological information systems. The author concludes with a call to action for further research.
This fascinating text will be of interest to any researcher of consciousness, the mind-body problem, or AI, as well as those working in related areas such as physical neuroscience and systems theory.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781032567020
ISBN-10: 1032567023
Pagini: 272
Ilustrații: 74
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 21 mm
Greutate: 0.66 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

Public țintă

Postgraduate

Notă biografică

Daniel Boyd is an independent researcher living in the Netherlands developing Emergent Information Theory as a theoretical approach to biological and technological information systems. He is currently a member of the Board of IS4SI (International Society for the Study of Information).

Cuprins

Part 1: The evidence: Pieces of the puzzle  1.1 Information and the physical  1.2 Systems theory 1.3 Biological information systems  1.4 Philosophy and religion  1.5 Technological information systems  Part 2: Conclusion: The origins and growth of the information dimension  2.1 Emergent Information Theory: an introduction  2.2 Biological information systems  2.3 Information technologies  Part 3: Discussion: Living with the consequences  3.1 Existing in the information dimension  3.2 The gamble evolution took  3.3 Determinism and free will  3.4 From organism to superorganism  3.5 The communal mind  3.6 Cyber-social systems and artificial consciousness  3.7 Artificial consciousness  Part 4: Epilogue  4.1. Towards a science of emergent information

Descriere

This book presents new insights into the nature of the human mind as a product of the brain. It discusses how biological and technological information systems differ from their counterparts with physical functions, presenting Emergent Information Theory as a solution to the mind-body problem.