Mind Out of Matter

Series Preface. Table of Figures. Foreword. 1. Frontal Assault. 2. Zombies and their Look-Alikes. 3. Information, Complexity, and Representation. 4. A Rose, By Any Other Name (Or Description). 5. Functional Systems. 6. Self Models. 7. Schrödinger's Cat is Dead. 8. Building Conscious Data Structures. 9. Chaos, Computability, and Real Life. 10. My `Hidden' Agenda. References. Index.

Professional endorsements:

`You've read the rest, now try the best. Mulhauser takes on a wild safari tour of the outer limits of mind science. There are a lot of dangerous ideas out there; many a good mind has come back worse for the encounter. Mulhauser's technical sophistication and philosophical sensitivity make him the ideal guide. No metaphysical snake-oil here; just unswerving good sense at the frontiers of cognitive science.' -- Tim van Gelder, University of Melbourne

`One of the first serious applications of algorithmic information theory; fun to read!' -- G.J. Chaitin, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center

`Though I still regard myself to live in what Mulhauser calls `Platonic Heaven' (he would place me - as someone who believes that my mental gymnastics go beyond the physical and the computable - in `Platonic Hell'), reading his book was an absolute joy. It is a remarkable blend of technical know-how, smooth prose, and stimulating examples. This book can give readers command over the relevant formal landscape, while simultaneously engaging them in good old-fashioned philosophical reflection.' -- Selmer Bringsjord, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

`We all know that chaos, neural nets, and consciousness must be connected. Mulhauser's challenging book gives us the first thought-out account of what the connections could be.' -- Adam Morton, University of Bristol

`It is engagingly written, and Mulhauser is well informed, acute, and enthusiastic.' -- Robert Kirk in Philosophical Books, July 2000