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A Wave-Particle Theory of Conscious Awareness (A Philosophical Viewpoint) - Jack Calverley & Carter Blakelaw

By Jack Calverley & Carter Blakelaw

Release Date: 2024-12-08

Genre: Philosophy

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What is consciousness? How does it come about? What difference does it make?

Through a series of simple, clear, and precise logical steps, Carter Blakelaw and Jack Calverley pin down an underlying mechanism capable of generating consciousness. They explain how the brain solves the problem of the homunculus (How can we have a point-of-view on the world without a second point-of-view to make sense of what the first point-of-view sees, and so on, ad infinitum?). And they explain how the brain needs to interact with the underlying physics at the smallest scale in order to deliver the essential features of consciousness.

They go on to show how Nature has fine-tuned our brains to produce our experiences of space, time, beauty and morality, as well as our sense of self. And finally, they show how an Ideal Society might be based on the nature of our consciousness, i.e. to be in tune with our fundamental nature, given a full understanding of all that is set out in the preceding pages. 

[This is the 2025 updated edition with a bonus first chapter that refutes the notion that consciousness could be an emergent property for digital AIs] 

A Wave-Particle Theory of Conscious Awareness (A Philosophical Viewpoint) - Jack Calverley & Carter Blakelaw

By Jack Calverley & Carter Blakelaw

Release Date: 2024-12-08

Genre: Philosophy

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What is consciousness? How does it come about? What difference does it make?

Through a series of simple, clear, and precise logical steps, Carter Blakelaw and Jack Calverley pin down an underlying mechanism capable of generating consciousness. They explain how the brain solves the problem of the homunculus (How can we have a point-of-view on the world without a second point-of-view to make sense of what the first point-of-view sees, and so on, ad infinitum?). And they explain how the brain needs to interact with the underlying physics at the smallest scale in order to deliver the essential features of consciousness.

They go on to show how Nature has fine-tuned our brains to produce our experiences of space, time, beauty and morality, as well as our sense of self. And finally, they show how an Ideal Society might be based on the nature of our consciousness, i.e. to be in tune with our fundamental nature, given a full understanding of all that is set out in the preceding pages. 

[This is the 2025 updated edition with a bonus first chapter that refutes the notion that consciousness could be an emergent property for digital AIs] 

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