Includes glossary, bibliographical references, and index (pages 156-160).
Contents:
Section 4: Tam Hunt. What is consciousness? / Alessandra Buccella and Tom�a�s Dominik ; Self-awareness with a simple brain / Ferris Jabr ; Is consciousness real? / John Horgan ; Think of consciousness as art created by the brain / Nicholas Humphrey ; Constant shifts between mental states mark a signature of consciousness / Simon Makin -- Section 2: Altered states of consciousness. Transcending the brain / Bernardo Katrup ; Me, myself and my stranger: understanding the neuroscience of selfhood / Ferris Jabr ; Could multiple personality disorder explain life, the universe and everything? / Bernardo Kastrup, Adam Crabtree, and Edward F. Kelly ; The science of altering consciousness / Gareth Cook ; What psychedelic research can and cannot tell us about consciousness / Anil Seth, Michael Schartner, Enzo Tagliazucchi, Suresh Muthukumaraswamy, Robin Carhart-Harris, and Adam Barrett ; How can we tell if a comatose patient is conscious? / Anouk Bercht and Steven Laureys ; What doctors don't understand about anesthesia / Stephen Dougherty -- Section 3: Is consciousness uniquely human? Are humans the only conscious animal? / Susan Blackmore ; Do fish suffer / John Horgan ; Does consciousness pervade the universe? / Gareth Cook ; Is anyone home? A way to find out if AI has become self aware / Susan Schneider and Edwin Turner ; We shouldn't try to make conscious software--until we should / Jim Davies ; Google engineer claims AI chatbot is sentient: why that matters / Leonardo De Cosmo ; Jellyfish, sexbots and the solipsism problem / John Horgan -- Section 4: Can consciousness be explained by science? New technique seeks to measure consciousness / Christof Koch ; Will science ever solve the mysteries of consciousness, free will and God? / Michael Shermer ; Computers determine states of consciousness / Sam Rose ; What God, quantum mechanics and consciousness have in common / John Horgan ; On Consciousness: Science and Subjectivity: a Q&A with Bernard Baars / Scott Barry Kaufman ; Science should not try to absorb religion and other ways of knowing / John Horgan ; Free will is only an illusion if you are, too / Alessandra Buccella and Tom�a�s Dominik ; Where's my consciousness-ometer / Tam Hunt.
Summary:
"Consciousness is often regarded as a uniquely human characteristic. It includes emotion, cognition, perception, and self-awareness, and is considered both an essential and mysterious aspect of the human experience. However, some question whether consciousness could be programmed through the use of artificial intelligence. This volume examines what exactly consciousness, what is currently known about it from a neurological perspective, what mysteries still exist in our understanding of consciousness, and what the future of research and technology related to consciousness may hold" -- provided by the publisher.
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