Experience Machines

Author : Mark Silcox
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2017-07-17
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781786600691

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Experience Machines by Mark Silcox Pdf

In his classic work Anarchy, State and Utopia, Robert Nozick asked his readers to imagine being permanently plugged into a 'machine that would give you any experience you desired'. He speculated that, in spite of the many obvious attractions of such a prospect, most people would choose against passing the rest of their lives under the influence of this type of invention. Nozick thought (and many have since agreed) that this simple thought experiment had profound implications for how we think about ethics, political justice, and the significance of technology in our everyday lives. Nozick’s argument was made in 1974, about a decade before the personal computer revolution in Europe and North America. Since then, opportunities for the citizens of industrialized societies to experience virtual worlds and simulated environments have multiplied to an extent that no philosopher could have predicted. The authors in this volume re-evaluate the merits of Nozick’s argument, and use it as a jumping–off point for the philosophical examination of subsequent developments in culture and technology, including a variety of experience-altering cybernetic technologies such as computer games, social media networks, HCI devices, and neuro-prostheses.

Author : Heimir Giersson,Margaret Holmgren
Publisher : Broadview Press
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2000-06-28
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1551112922

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Ethical Theory by Heimir Giersson,Margaret Holmgren Pdf

This anthology is designed for use as a brief introduction to ethical theory. Included are sections on various forms of ethical theory: Ethical Relativism; Divine Command Theory; Egoism; Consequentialism; Deontology; Justice; Virtue Ethics; and Feminist Ethics. Each section includes two or three of the most important and interesting contributions to the field, together with brief introductions by the editors. A final section, Theories in Practice, consists of five selections on the issues of abortion, world poverty, and affirmative action.

Author : Robert Nozick
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Anarchism
ISBN : 9780631197805

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Anarchy, State, and Utopia by Robert Nozick Pdf

Robert Nozicka s Anarchy, State, and Utopia is a powerful, philosophical challenge to the most widely held political and social positions of our age ---- liberal, socialist and conservative.

Author : Ray Kurzweil
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0140282025

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The Age of Spiritual Machines by Ray Kurzweil Pdf

The inventor of the most innovative and compelling technology of our era, an international authority on artificial intelligence, and bestselling author of The Singularity is Nearer now offers a framework for envisioning the twenty-first century in The Age of Spiritual Machines--an age in which the marriage of human sensitivity and artificial intelligence fundamentally alters and improves the way we live. Kurzweil's prophetic blueprint for the future takes us through the advances that inexorably result in computers exceeding the memory capacity and computational ability of the human brain by the year 2020 (with human-level capabilities not far behind); in relationships with automated personalities who will be our teachers, companions, and lovers; and in information fed straight into our brains along direct neural pathways. Optimistic and challenging, thought-provoking and engaging, The Age of Spiritual Machines is the ultimate guide on our road into the next century.

Author : Andy Clark
Publisher : Pantheon
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2023-05-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781524748463

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The Experience Machine by Andy Clark Pdf

A brilliant new theory of the mind that upends our understanding of how the brain interacts with the world “This thoroughly readable book will convince you that the brain and the world are partners in constructing our understanding.” —Sean Carroll, New York Times bestselling author of The Biggest Ideas in the Universe: Space, Time, and Motion For as long as we’ve studied human cognition, we’ve believed that our senses give us direct access to the world. What we see is what’s really there—or so the thinking goes. But new discoveries in neuroscience and psychology have turned this assumption on its head. What if rather than perceiving reality passively, your mind actively predicts it? Widely acclaimed philosopher and cognitive scientist Andy Clark unpacks this provocative new theory that the brain is a powerful, dynamic prediction engine, mediating our experience of both body and world. From the most mundane experiences to the most sublime, reality as we know it is the complex synthesis of sensory information and expectation. Exploring its fascinating mechanics and remarkable implications for our lives, mental health, and society, Clark nimbly illustrates how the predictive brain sculpts all human experience. Chronic pain and mental illness are shown to involve subtle malfunctions of our unconscious predictions, pointing the way towards more effective, targeted treatments. Under renewed scrutiny, the very boundary between ourselves and the outside world dissolves, showing that we are as entangled with our environments as we are with our onboard memories, thoughts, and feelings. And perception itself is revealed to be something of a controlled hallucination. Unveiling the extraordinary explanatory power of the predictive brain, The Experience Machine is a mesmerizing window onto one of the most significant developments in our understanding of the mind.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Employee fringe benefits
ISBN : UIUC:30112105074162

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Area Wage Survey by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 604 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1957
Category : Labor
ISBN : MINN:31951D00825662O

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Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics by Anonim Pdf

Author : Sarah Jaquette Ray,Jay Sibara
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 683 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2017-06-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780803278455

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Disability Studies and the Environmental Humanities by Sarah Jaquette Ray,Jay Sibara Pdf

Although scholars in the environmental humanities have been exploring the dichotomy between “wild” and “built” environments for several years, few have focused on the field of disability studies, a discipline that enlists the contingency between environments and bodies as a foundation of its scholarship. On the other hand, scholars in disability studies have demonstrated the ways in which the built environment privileges some bodies and minds over others, yet they have rarely examined the ways in which toxic environments engender chronic illness and disability or how environmental illnesses disrupt dominant paradigms for scrutinizing “disability.” Designed as a reader for undergraduate and graduate courses, Disability Studies and the Environmental Humanities employs interdisciplinary perspectives to examine such issues as slow violence, imperialism, race, toxicity, eco-sickness, the body in environmental justice, ableism, and other topics. With a historical scope spanning the seventeenth century to the present, this collection not only presents the foundational documents informing this intersection of fields but also showcases the most current work, making it an indispensable reference.

Author : David Gamez
Publisher : Open Book Publishers
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2018-03-07
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781783743018

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Human and Machine Consciousness by David Gamez Pdf

Consciousness is widely perceived as one of the most fundamental, interesting and difficult problems of our time. However, we still know next to nothing about the relationship between consciousness and the brain and we can only speculate about the consciousness of animals and machines. Human and Machine Consciousness presents a new foundation for the scientific study of consciousness. It sets out a bold interpretation of consciousness that neutralizes the philosophical problems and explains how we can make scientific predictions about the consciousness of animals, brain-damaged patients and machines. Gamez interprets the scientific study of consciousness as a search for mathematical theories that map between measurements of consciousness and measurements of the physical world. We can use artificial intelligence to discover these theories and they could make accurate predictions about the consciousness of humans, animals and artificial systems. Human and Machine Consciousness also provides original insights into unusual conscious experiences, such as hallucinations, religious experiences and out-of-body states, and demonstrates how ‘designer’ states of consciousness could be created in the future. Gamez explains difficult concepts in a clear way that closely engages with scientific research. His punchy, concise prose is packed with vivid examples, making it suitable for the educated general reader as well as philosophers and scientists. Problems are brought to life in colourful illustrations and a helpful summary is given at the end of each chapter. The endnotes provide detailed discussions of individual points and full references to the scientific and philosophical literature.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Historic buildings
ISBN : UCAL:B3283770

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The National Survey of Historic Sites and Buildings by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1216 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : UIUC:30112102097950

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Bibliography of Agriculture by Anonim Pdf

Author : Jonathan Leighton
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2022-12-23
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781788361033

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The Tango of Ethics by Jonathan Leighton Pdf

Despite existing for thousands of years, the field of ethics remains strongly influenced by several largely unquestioned assumptions and cognitive biases that can dramatically affect our priorities. The Tango of Ethics: Intuition, Rationality and the Prevention of Suffering proposes a deep, rigorous reassessment of how we think about ethics. Eschewing the traditional language of morality, it places a central emphasis on phenomenological experience and the unique urgency of suffering wherever it occurs, challenges our existence bias and examines the consequences of a metaphysically accurate understanding of personal identity. A key paradigm in The Tango of Ethics is the conflict and interplay between two fundamentally different ways of seeing and being in the world — that of the intuitive human being who wants to lead a meaningful life and thrive, and that of the detached, rational agent who wants to prevent unbearable suffering from occurring. Leighton aims to reconcile these two stances or motivations within a more holistic framework he labels 'xNU+' that places them at distinct ethical levels. This approach avoids some of the flaws of classical utilitarianism, including the notion that extreme suffering can be formally balanced out by enough bliss, while maintaining a focus on impact. He also identifies some of the limits of rationality and our dependence on intuitions to make ethical decisions. The book explores the implications of this way of thinking for real-world ethical dilemmas and how we might incorporate it into governance. With societal collapse, increasing totalitarianism and artificial general intelligence all very real threats in the coming years, Leighton argues that it is as important as ever to promote these ethics and their implementation while there is still an opportunity for some convergence around what matters.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 780 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1881
Category : Early English newspapers
ISBN : UCAL:B3039595

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The Gentleman's Magazine by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 2054 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1910
Category : Iron industry and trade
ISBN : UCAL:C2534538

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Iron Trade Review by Anonim Pdf

Author : Donna R. Childs
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2008-04-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780470170915

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Prepare for the Worst, Plan for the Best by Donna R. Childs Pdf

Prepare for the Worst, Plan for the Best: Disaster Preparedness and Recovery for Small Businesses presents you with proven guidelines for your small or midsized business to effectively prepare for catastrophes.