Emergence Mind and Consciousness

<p>In <i>Emergence Mind and Consciousness</i> author Gary A. Lucas does something that many consider impossible: he bridges the gap between a bottom-up description of brain mechanisms and the top-down emergence of mental processes. The result is a comprehensive yet readily understandable explanation of how consciousness emerges.</p> <p>Lucas however strives to do more. He seeks to design an artificial agent with all the essential properties of the human mind- consciousness declarative memory a sense of self reasoning skills language and social identity. His account is mechanistic and yet as the bio-inspired networks are linked to emergent mental properties we come to understand that we can truly construct a conscious agent. We have a model for how to build one.</p> <p>If you're interested in the emergent properties of mind consciousness cognition self-awareness social belongingness or the possibility of constructing a robotic agent with such properties then this is essential reading. It is conscious mind explained on a level that even a robot will understand it.</p>