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1 online resource (x, 326 pages : illustrations (some color)) |
| Series |
Studies in brain and mind ; v. 18 |
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Studies in brain and mind ; v. 18.
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| Contents |
The Mind Technology Problem and the Deep History of Mind Design -- Part I. Technology and the Metaphysics of Mind -- Emergent Mental Phenomena -- Technology and the Human Minds -- Does Artificial Intelligence Have Agency? -- Consciousness: Philosophy’s Great White Whale -- Part II. The Metaphysical and Technological Presuppositions of Mind-Uploading -- The Myth of Mind Uploading -- Cyborg Divas and Hybrid Minds -- Slow Continuous Mind Uploading -- Predicting Me: The Route to Digital Immortality? -- Part III. The Epistemology, Ethics and Deep History of the Extended Mind -- What Is It Like to Be a Drone Operator? Or, Remotely Extended Minds in War -- Extending Introspection -- Epistemic Complementarity: Steps to a Second Wave Extended Epistemology -- The Extended Mind: A Chapter in the History of Transhumanism -- Correction to: The Mind-Technology Problem |
| Summary |
This edited book deepens the engagement between 21st century philosophy of mind and the emerging technologies which are transforming our environment. Many new technologies appear to have important implications for the human mind, the nature of our cognition, our sense of identity and even perhaps what we think human beings are. They prompt questions such as: Would an uploaded mind be 'me'? Does our reliance on smart phones, or wearable gadgets enhance or diminish the human mind? and: How does our deep reliance upon ambient artificial intelligence change the shape of the human mind? Readers will discover the best philosophical analysis of what current and near future 21st technology means for the metaphysics of mind. Important questions are addressed on matters relating to the extended mind and the distributed self. Expert authors explore the role that the ubiquitous smart phone might have in creating new forms of self-knowledge. They consider machine consciousness, brain enhancement and smart ambient technology, and what they can tell us about phenomenal consciousness. While ideas of artificial general intelligence, cognitive enhancements and the smart environment are widely commented on, serious analysis of their philosophical implications is only getting started. These contributions from top scholars are therefore very timely, and are of particular relevance to students and scholars of the philosophy of mind, philosophy of technology, computer science and psychology |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Philosophy of mind.
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Technology.
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Thought and thinking.
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Technology
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Thinking
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thinking.
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Thought and thinking
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Technology
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Philosophy of mind
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Clowes, Robert, editor.
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Gärtner, Klaus, editor
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Hipólito, Inês, editor.
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| ISBN |
3030726444 |
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9783030726447 |
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