Title:
Then I am myself the world : what consciousness is and how to expand it
Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Date:
2024
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Basic Books, Hachette Book Group, [2024]
©2024
Physical Description:
viii, 274 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
ISBN:
9781541602809
Abstract:
"Christof Koch explores the only thing we directly experience: consciousness. At the book's heart is integrated-information theory, the idea that the essence of consciousness is the ability to exert causal power over itself, to be an agent of change. Koch investigates the physical origins of consciousness in the brain and how this knowledge can be used to measure consciousness in natural and artificial systems"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Introduction -- The beginning of consciousness -- The varieties of conscious experience -- We each experience our own reality -- Consciousness and the physical -- What truly exists -- Consciousness and the brain -- Expanding consciousness -- Transforming lives by transformative experiences -- The end of consciousness -- What computers can never be.
Language:
English
