Books in the Series On Machine Consciousness series

Would the course of the philosophy of the mind have been different had Aristotle pronounced that the matter of mind was information? This mind is information assertion is often heard in contemporary debates. This book explores the verities and falsehoods of this proposition.

Robots are becoming more human, but could they also become sentient and have human-like consciousness? What is consciousness, exactly? Suitable for students, researchers, philosophers and engineers in the field, this title demystifies both the enigmatic philosophical issues of consciousness and the practical engineering issues of conscious robots.