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The Evolution of Consciousness

Representing the Present Moment

By: Paula Droege

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The Evolution of Consciousness

Representing the Present Moment

By: Paula Droege

The Evolution of Consciousness brings together interdisciplinary insights from philosophy, neuroscience, psychology and cognitive science to explain consciousness in terms of the biological function that grounds it in the physical world. Drawing on the novel analogy of a house of cards, Paula Droege pieces together various conceptual questions and shows how they rest on each other to form a coherent, structured argument. She asserts that the mind is composed of unconscious sensory and cognitive representations, which become conscious when they are selected and coordinated into a representation of the present moment. This temporal representation theory deftly bridges the gap between mind and body by highlighting that physical systems are conscious when they can respond flexibly to actions in the present. With examples from evolution, animal cognition, introspection and the free will debate, this is a compelling and animated account of the possible explanations of consciousness, offering answers to the conceptual question of how consciousness can be considered a cognitive process.

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1350166790

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Anna's AI Anthology

How to live with smart machines

By: Daniel Dennett,Moritz Strasser,Alessio Tacca,Paula Droege,Frederic Gilbert,Keith Frankish,Joshua Rust,Stephen Butterfill,Sven Nyholm,Eric Schwitzgebel,Syed AbuMusab,Constant Bonard,Henry Shevlin,Michael Wilby

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Anna's AI Anthology

How to live with smart machines

With the release of ChatGPT, large language models (LLMs) have become a prominent topic of international public and scientific debate. The genie is out of the bottle, but does it have a mind? Can philosophical considerations help us to work out how we can live with such smart machines? In this book, distinguished philosophers explore questions such as whether these new machines are able to act, whether they are social agents, whether they have communicative skills, and if they might even become conscious. The book includes contributions from Syed AbuMusab, Constant Bonard, Stephen Butterfill, Daniel Dennett, Paula Droege, Keith Frankish, Frederic Gilbert, Ying-Tung Lin, Sven Nyholm, Joshua Rust, Eric Schwitzgebel, Henry Shevlin, Anna Strasser, Alessio Tacca, Michael Wilby, and a graphic novel by Anna and Moritz Strasser as a bonus

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Caging the Beast

A Theory of Sensory Consciousness

By: Paula Droege

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Caging the Beast

A Theory of Sensory Consciousness

By: Paula Droege

A major obstacle for materialist theories of the mind is the problem of sensory consciousness. How could a physical brain produce conscious sensory states that exhibit the rich and luxurious qualities of red velvet, a Mozart concerto or fresh-brewed coffee? Caging the Beast: A Theory of Sensory Consciousness offers to explain what these conscious sensory states have in common, by virtue of being conscious as opposed to unconscious states. After arguing against accounts of consciousness in terms of higher-order representation of mental states, the theory claims that sensory consciousness is a special way we have of representing the world. The book also introduces a way of thinking about subjectivity as separate and more fundamental than consciousness, and considers how this foundational notion can be developed into more elaborate varieties. An appendix reviews the connection between consciousness and attention with an eye toward providing a neuropsychological instantiation of the proposed theory. (Series A)

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John Benjamins Publishing

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9027251827

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The Evolution of Consciousness

Representing the Present Moment

By: Paula Droege

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Integrating Complementary Medicine into Veterinary Practice

By: Paula Jo Broadfoot,Richard E. Palmquist,Karen Johnston,Jiu Jia Wen,Barbara Fougere

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Integrating Complementary Medicine into Veterinary Practice

By: Paula Jo Broadfoot,Richard E. Palmquist,Karen Johnston,Jiu Jia Wen,Barbara Fougere

Integrating complementary treatment options with traditional veterinary practice is a growing trend in veterinary medicine. Veterinarians and clients alike have an interest in expanding treatment options to include alternative approaches such as Western and Chinese Herbal Medicine, Acupuncture, Nano-Pharmacology, Homotoxicology, and Therapeutic Nutrition along with conventional medicine. Integrating Complementary Medicine into Veterinary Practice introduces and familiarizes veterinarians with the terminology and procedures of these complementary treatment modalities in a traditional clinical format that facilitates the easy integration of these methods into established veterinary practices.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0813804434

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9780813804439

Caging the Beast

A Theory of Sensory Consciousness

By: Paula Droege

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A Theory of Sensory Consciousness

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Anna's AI Anthology

How to live with smart machines

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Book's by Paula Droege

The Evolution of Consciousness

The Evolution of Consciousness

Anna's AI Anthology

Anna's AI Anthology

Caging the Beast

Caging the Beast

The Evolution of Consciousness

The Evolution of Consciousness

Integrating Complementary Medicine into Veterinary Practice

Integrating Complementary Medicine into Veterinary Practice

Caging the Beast

Caging the Beast

Anna's AI Anthology

Anna's AI Anthology

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