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... matter ? Or , to restate the question in a more contemporary idiom , what else could mind be except a functional capacity of a complex physical system ? It's not that scientists have traced the workings of the brain and discovered how ...
... matter ? Or , to restate the question in a more contemporary idiom , what else could mind be except a functional capacity of a complex physical system ? It's not that scientists have traced the workings of the brain and discovered how ...
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... matter becomes stripped not only of all empirical par- ticularity , but also of any substantial form that would otherwise or- der it and render it intelligible . The way out of the materialism - dualism dilemma is to refuse the ...
... matter becomes stripped not only of all empirical par- ticularity , but also of any substantial form that would otherwise or- der it and render it intelligible . The way out of the materialism - dualism dilemma is to refuse the ...
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... matter and energy in our vi- cinity will become infused with the intelligence , knowledge , creativ- ity , beauty , and love of our human - machine civilization . And then our civilization will expand outwardly turning all the " dumb " ...
... matter and energy in our vi- cinity will become infused with the intelligence , knowledge , creativ- ity , beauty , and love of our human - machine civilization . And then our civilization will expand outwardly turning all the " dumb " ...
Contents
The Evolution of Mind in the TwentyFirst Century | 12 |
The Flawed Analogy | 78 |
Kurzweils Impoverished Spirituality | 98 |
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