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... Tantra, on the other hand, explores the various levels of subtlety of consciousness as well as the relationship between these various mental states and their corresponding physiological states. The first six consciousnesses classified by the Yogacara Schools, of which the first five are sensory cons ...
... Tantra, on the other hand, explores the various levels of subtlety of consciousness as well as the relationship between these various mental states and their corresponding physiological states. The first six consciousnesses classified by the Yogacara Schools, of which the first five are sensory cons ...
- ePrints Soton - University of Southampton
... Mays (1951, 1953) asserts that the question is not merely semantic but a matter of fact. For him, the answer is “yes” only if machine and humans reach their conclusions by similar processes. (But how would we know this?) He coins the term ‘thinking by proxy’; a form of as if thinking. Noting that co ...
... Mays (1951, 1953) asserts that the question is not merely semantic but a matter of fact. For him, the answer is “yes” only if machine and humans reach their conclusions by similar processes. (But how would we know this?) He coins the term ‘thinking by proxy’; a form of as if thinking. Noting that co ...
2. Case-Based Reasoning
... characterised by specific programming languages or environments (e.g., Prolog or rule-based shells) or by specific algorithms and techniques (e.g., A*, the Rete algorithm or back propagation). Each also has, to a lesser or greater extent, laid down particular ways or methods of solving problems (e.g ...
... characterised by specific programming languages or environments (e.g., Prolog or rule-based shells) or by specific algorithms and techniques (e.g., A*, the Rete algorithm or back propagation). Each also has, to a lesser or greater extent, laid down particular ways or methods of solving problems (e.g ...
class consciousness
... Marxism. Few revolutionary Marxists would counter Mann’s view that a class‐in‐itself will not, merely through the economic development of capitalism, be transformed into a class‐for‐itself. Mann is net simply demolishing a straw man, however. This view not only exposes and rejects ...
... Marxism. Few revolutionary Marxists would counter Mann’s view that a class‐in‐itself will not, merely through the economic development of capitalism, be transformed into a class‐for‐itself. Mann is net simply demolishing a straw man, however. This view not only exposes and rejects ...
CHAPTER OUTLINE
... to describe normally inaccessible mental activity that influences us in various ways. C. Mental Processing Without Awareness The impact and limitations of consciousness can be seen by studying mental processing that occurs without awareness. ...
... to describe normally inaccessible mental activity that influences us in various ways. C. Mental Processing Without Awareness The impact and limitations of consciousness can be seen by studying mental processing that occurs without awareness. ...
Functionalism According to functionalism, the essential or defining
... common-sense intuitions about qualia. Consider the inversion problem first. I think the functionalist is right to insist that the type-identity of our visual sensations be reckoned according to their functional role. But the objector is also right in insisting that a relative inversion of two peopl ...
... common-sense intuitions about qualia. Consider the inversion problem first. I think the functionalist is right to insist that the type-identity of our visual sensations be reckoned according to their functional role. But the objector is also right in insisting that a relative inversion of two peopl ...
From Nerve Cells to Cognition: The Internal
... brain. We now realize that this constructive process also involves emotion, motivation, and reward. What ultimately distinguished the cognitivists from the behaviorists was not only their conceptual approach to behavior but also the complexity of the methods they used. Cognitivists realized that onl ...
... brain. We now realize that this constructive process also involves emotion, motivation, and reward. What ultimately distinguished the cognitivists from the behaviorists was not only their conceptual approach to behavior but also the complexity of the methods they used. Cognitivists realized that onl ...
What is consciousness?
... dry mouth, hyperactivity, muscle aches, fatigue, depression and poor concentration a. It increases activity of dopamine-releasing neurons, and is a serotonin agonist b. Its negative effects include permanent brain damage and development of panic ...
... dry mouth, hyperactivity, muscle aches, fatigue, depression and poor concentration a. It increases activity of dopamine-releasing neurons, and is a serotonin agonist b. Its negative effects include permanent brain damage and development of panic ...
The mind-body problem
... detailed information about mind-brain correlations that we can predict which mental state will supervene on any specific brain state. Even so we might still no idea as to the reasons why this brain state yields this mental state, and hence no way of deducing one from the other a priori. [Humphrey N. ...
... detailed information about mind-brain correlations that we can predict which mental state will supervene on any specific brain state. Even so we might still no idea as to the reasons why this brain state yields this mental state, and hence no way of deducing one from the other a priori. [Humphrey N. ...
The mind-body problem - BECS / CoE in
... detailed information about mind-brain correlations that we can predict which mental state will supervene on any specific brain state. Even so we might still no idea as to the reasons why this brain state yields this mental state, and hence no way of deducing one from the other a priori. [Humphrey N. ...
... detailed information about mind-brain correlations that we can predict which mental state will supervene on any specific brain state. Even so we might still no idea as to the reasons why this brain state yields this mental state, and hence no way of deducing one from the other a priori. [Humphrey N. ...
Unit 8: Consciousness
... and judgment. Opiates: Opium and its derivatives (such as morphine and heroin); they depress neural activity, temporarily lessening pain and anxiety. Hypnosis does not improve memory. In fact, it is likely to contaminate our memories. It is, however, Stimulants: Drugs (such as caffeine, nicotine, an ...
... and judgment. Opiates: Opium and its derivatives (such as morphine and heroin); they depress neural activity, temporarily lessening pain and anxiety. Hypnosis does not improve memory. In fact, it is likely to contaminate our memories. It is, however, Stimulants: Drugs (such as caffeine, nicotine, an ...
Drew McDermott Response to “The Singularity: A Philosophical
... point it becomes a normal convention that people survive uploading, and the uploaded include many prominent citizens, who are indignant at the idea that they’re not conscious, or that the DigiX they are now differs from BioX, the biological entity they started as, then at that point going virtual wi ...
... point it becomes a normal convention that people survive uploading, and the uploaded include many prominent citizens, who are indignant at the idea that they’re not conscious, or that the DigiX they are now differs from BioX, the biological entity they started as, then at that point going virtual wi ...
What is Consciousness?
... •Posthypnotic Amnesia: supposed inability to recall what one experienced during hypnosis; induced by the hypnotist’s suggestion. ...
... •Posthypnotic Amnesia: supposed inability to recall what one experienced during hypnosis; induced by the hypnotist’s suggestion. ...
Anesthesia, Consciousness and Hydrophobic Pockets
... boundary between quantum and classical? Physics has no clear explanation for the cause and occurrence of wave function collapse (except for environmental decoherence). Experimental evidence through the 1930's led Bohr, Heisenberg, von Neumann and others to suppose that isolated q uantum superpositi ...
... boundary between quantum and classical? Physics has no clear explanation for the cause and occurrence of wave function collapse (except for environmental decoherence). Experimental evidence through the 1930's led Bohr, Heisenberg, von Neumann and others to suppose that isolated q uantum superpositi ...
consciousness: buddhist and neuroscientific perspectives
... career. This could be as blatant as having someone else sit for you in an exam, or submitting a written assignment that has been copied from another source. And it could be as subtle as glancing at a fellow student’s exam when you are unsure of an answer to a question and are looking for some confir ...
... career. This could be as blatant as having someone else sit for you in an exam, or submitting a written assignment that has been copied from another source. And it could be as subtle as glancing at a fellow student’s exam when you are unsure of an answer to a question and are looking for some confir ...
On The Spot 2016-2017 Episode
... prophecies, to a pretty ridiculous theory involving Earth’s most precious resource: water! ...
... prophecies, to a pretty ridiculous theory involving Earth’s most precious resource: water! ...
Paper titles and abstracts Dan Arnold: "Perception and the
... recognition that his account really makes sense only as an idealist account. Vincent Eltschinger: "Dharmakīrti, Apoha, and the Two Truths" Dharmakīrti (600?) is well known for his dual system of epistemology: whereas perception relies on, and is caused by, real particulars, inference deals with conc ...
... recognition that his account really makes sense only as an idealist account. Vincent Eltschinger: "Dharmakīrti, Apoha, and the Two Truths" Dharmakīrti (600?) is well known for his dual system of epistemology: whereas perception relies on, and is caused by, real particulars, inference deals with conc ...
8 - GCP Dot
... Idealism. The monistic position that contends that the world is composed solely of minds and mental events goes by the name of idealism. According to idealists, all that exists is mental experience. People consciously or unconsciously construct the hypothesis of a physical world in order to account ...
... Idealism. The monistic position that contends that the world is composed solely of minds and mental events goes by the name of idealism. According to idealists, all that exists is mental experience. People consciously or unconsciously construct the hypothesis of a physical world in order to account ...
Knowing and the Feeling of Knowing
... My work as well as that of others (Koriat, 1993; Metcalfe, 2000) has attempted to demystify the FOK. The classical account of the FOK (as well as other types of meta-cognitive judgements) is that it is based on accessing an internal monitor that “knows” whether the solicited information is present i ...
... My work as well as that of others (Koriat, 1993; Metcalfe, 2000) has attempted to demystify the FOK. The classical account of the FOK (as well as other types of meta-cognitive judgements) is that it is based on accessing an internal monitor that “knows” whether the solicited information is present i ...
Perceiving forms, patterns and objects
... Distal stimuli: lie in the distance, i.e. the world outside the body Proximal stimuli: the energies that impinge directly on sense receptors How do we “know” about distal stimuli when the proximal stimuli can be so distorted? we test hypotheses about what’s out there in the real world perceptual ...
... Distal stimuli: lie in the distance, i.e. the world outside the body Proximal stimuli: the energies that impinge directly on sense receptors How do we “know” about distal stimuli when the proximal stimuli can be so distorted? we test hypotheses about what’s out there in the real world perceptual ...
Consciousness, Literature and the Arts
... frightening and frightful proposition that evolution, the rich possibilities of our survival, is entirely dependent upon it being just so, anatomically and culturally; a sublime, as much as a cruel, accident. At the same time, there is something very urgent riding within McGilchrist's thesis; part o ...
... frightening and frightful proposition that evolution, the rich possibilities of our survival, is entirely dependent upon it being just so, anatomically and culturally; a sublime, as much as a cruel, accident. At the same time, there is something very urgent riding within McGilchrist's thesis; part o ...
Identifying Hallmarks of Consciousness in Non-Mammalian
... Most early studies of consciousness have focused on human subjects. This is understandable, given that humans are capable of reporting accurately the events they experience through language or by way of other kinds of voluntary response. As researchers turn their attention to other animals, “accurat ...
... Most early studies of consciousness have focused on human subjects. This is understandable, given that humans are capable of reporting accurately the events they experience through language or by way of other kinds of voluntary response. As researchers turn their attention to other animals, “accurat ...
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... their limited use of asymmetrical, often found, objects as tools and other evidence, he likens their minds to those of modern chimpanzees. Chimps are excellent at perceiving the immediate significance of events, but they do not retain most of those events in long-term memory, nor do they think abstr ...
... their limited use of asymmetrical, often found, objects as tools and other evidence, he likens their minds to those of modern chimpanzees. Chimps are excellent at perceiving the immediate significance of events, but they do not retain most of those events in long-term memory, nor do they think abstr ...
The Biointelligence Explosion How recursively self
... Yet germline engineering is only one strand of the genomics revolution. Indeed, after humans master the ageing process (de Grey 2007), the extent to which traditional germlines or human generations will persist in the post-ageing world is obscure. Focus on the human germline ignores the slow-burnin ...
... Yet germline engineering is only one strand of the genomics revolution. Indeed, after humans master the ageing process (de Grey 2007), the extent to which traditional germlines or human generations will persist in the post-ageing world is obscure. Focus on the human germline ignores the slow-burnin ...
“Conscious” Software Agents - Cognitive Computing Research Group
... intelligently with novel, unexpected, and problematic situations, both CMattie and IDA are normally expected to deal only with novel instances of routine situations. Though its content may be different, one speaker topic message from a seminar organizer is much like another in form, even in natural ...
... intelligently with novel, unexpected, and problematic situations, both CMattie and IDA are normally expected to deal only with novel instances of routine situations. Though its content may be different, one speaker topic message from a seminar organizer is much like another in form, even in natural ...