World in My Mind, My Mind in the World

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Shaun Gallagher is a philosopher of mind who has made it his business to study and meet with leading neuroscientists, including Michael Gazzaniga, Marc Jeannerod and Chris Frith. The result is this unique introduction to the study of the mind, with topics ranging over consciousness, emotion, language, movement, free will and moral responsibility. The discussion throughout is illustrated by lengthy extracts from the author's many interviews with his scientist colleagues on the relation between the mind and the brain.
Source: Financial Times

Credit: Stephen Pincock

"Aleksander's approach to understanding isn’t the only one that science has developed, nor should it be. And, of course, no one expects any simple answers to appear any time soon. Nevertheless, consciousness is something that science can and should shed light on."

Source: Times Higher Education Supplement

Credit: Susan Blackmore

"Aleksander's most important contribution is in considering how a machine could be conscious and what would make it so."

Source: Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Credit: Ron Chrisley

"His book makes a welcome change from the cataloguing of neural phenomena and their experiential correlates. It demonstrates that those who advocate the possibility of machine consciousness need not be behaviourists; one need not appeal to a consciousness variant of the Turing test to claim that an artificial system is conscious."

Source: Metapsychology

Credit: Keith Harris

"Aleksander's solid engineering background is evident in the straight-forward flow of this book."
Paperback
- Publication Date: 01 June 2008
- ISBN-13: 9781845400231
- Extent: Main content page count : 250
- Code: 1845400232
- Dimensions: 15.6 x 23.4 x 2 cm
- Weight: 500 grams
- List Price: £17.95
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Hardcover
- Publication Date: 01 June 2008
- ISBN-13: 9781845401474
- Extent: Main content page count : 250
- Code: 1845401476
- Dimensions: 15.6 x 23.4 x 2 cm
- Weight: 800 grams
- List Price: £40.00
- ONIX Version 2.1, Version 3

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Title: World in My Mind, My Mind in the World
Subtitle: Key Mechanisms of Consciousness in People, Animals and Machines
Author: Igor Aleksander
Language: English
Publisher: Imprint Academic
Imprint: Imprint Academic

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