Author: Arthur S. Reber
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198873212
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
All species, extant and extinct, from the simplest unicellular prokaryotes to humans, have an existential consciousness. Without sentience, the first cells that emerged some 4 billion years ago would have been evolutionary dead-ends, unable to survive in the chaotic, dangerous environment in which life first appeared and evolved. In this book, Arthur Reber's theory, the Cellular Basis of Consciousness (CBC), is outlined and distinguished from those models that argue that minds could be instantiated on artificial entities and those that maintain consciousness requires a nervous system. The CBC framework takes a novel approach to classic topics such as the origin-of-life, philosophy of mind, the role of genes, the impact of cognition, and how biological information is processed by all species. It also calls for a rethinking of a variety of issues including the moral implications of the sentient capacities of all species, how welfare concerns need to be expanded beyond where they currently are, and critically, how all life is intertwined in a coordinated cognitive ecology. The Sentient Cell explores this revolutionary model, which updates the standard neo-Darwinian framework within which current approaches operate and examines the underlying biomolecular features that are the likely candidates for the "invention" of consciousness and outline their role in cellular life.
The Sentient Cell
Author: Arthur S. Reber
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198873212
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
All species, extant and extinct, from the simplest unicellular prokaryotes to humans, have an existential consciousness. Without sentience, the first cells that emerged some 4 billion years ago would have been evolutionary dead-ends, unable to survive in the chaotic, dangerous environment in which life first appeared and evolved. In this book, Arthur Reber's theory, the Cellular Basis of Consciousness (CBC), is outlined and distinguished from those models that argue that minds could be instantiated on artificial entities and those that maintain consciousness requires a nervous system. The CBC framework takes a novel approach to classic topics such as the origin-of-life, philosophy of mind, the role of genes, the impact of cognition, and how biological information is processed by all species. It also calls for a rethinking of a variety of issues including the moral implications of the sentient capacities of all species, how welfare concerns need to be expanded beyond where they currently are, and critically, how all life is intertwined in a coordinated cognitive ecology. The Sentient Cell explores this revolutionary model, which updates the standard neo-Darwinian framework within which current approaches operate and examines the underlying biomolecular features that are the likely candidates for the "invention" of consciousness and outline their role in cellular life.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198873212
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
All species, extant and extinct, from the simplest unicellular prokaryotes to humans, have an existential consciousness. Without sentience, the first cells that emerged some 4 billion years ago would have been evolutionary dead-ends, unable to survive in the chaotic, dangerous environment in which life first appeared and evolved. In this book, Arthur Reber's theory, the Cellular Basis of Consciousness (CBC), is outlined and distinguished from those models that argue that minds could be instantiated on artificial entities and those that maintain consciousness requires a nervous system. The CBC framework takes a novel approach to classic topics such as the origin-of-life, philosophy of mind, the role of genes, the impact of cognition, and how biological information is processed by all species. It also calls for a rethinking of a variety of issues including the moral implications of the sentient capacities of all species, how welfare concerns need to be expanded beyond where they currently are, and critically, how all life is intertwined in a coordinated cognitive ecology. The Sentient Cell explores this revolutionary model, which updates the standard neo-Darwinian framework within which current approaches operate and examines the underlying biomolecular features that are the likely candidates for the "invention" of consciousness and outline their role in cellular life.
The 99% Invisible City
Author: Roman Mars
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
ISBN: 0358126606
Category : ARCHITECTURE
Languages : en
Pages : 405
Book Description
A beautifully designed guidebook to the unnoticed yet essential elements of our cities, from the creators of the wildly popular 99% Invisible podcast
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
ISBN: 0358126606
Category : ARCHITECTURE
Languages : en
Pages : 405
Book Description
A beautifully designed guidebook to the unnoticed yet essential elements of our cities, from the creators of the wildly popular 99% Invisible podcast
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Languages : en
Pages : 931
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Publisher: Delene Kvasnicka
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Languages : en
Pages : 931
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Journal
Author: New South Wales. Parliament. Legislative Council
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Languages : en
Pages : 962
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Languages : en
Pages : 962
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Environmental Health Perspectives
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Category : Environmental health
Languages : en
Pages : 134
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Category : Environmental health
Languages : en
Pages : 134
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People v. Harris, 458 MICH 310 (1998)
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Languages : en
Pages : 32
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Languages : en
Pages : 32
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107993
Weekly Information Report
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Category : Nuclear energy
Languages : en
Pages : 28
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Category : Nuclear energy
Languages : en
Pages : 28
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Federal Register
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Category : Administrative law
Languages : en
Pages : 868
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Category : Administrative law
Languages : en
Pages : 868
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Information Bulletin
Author: International Scientific Radio Union
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Category : Radio
Languages : en
Pages : 740
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Category : Radio
Languages : en
Pages : 740
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Votes & Proceedings
Author: New South Wales. Parliament. Legislative Council
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Category : New South Wales
Languages : en
Pages : 1384
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Category : New South Wales
Languages : en
Pages : 1384
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