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Shadows of the mind : a search for the missing science of consciousness /

A New York Times bestseller when it appeared in 1989, Roger Penrose's The Emperor's New Mind was universally hailed as a marvelous survey of modern physics as well as a brilliant reflection on the human mind, offering a new perspective on the scientific landscape and a visionary glimpse of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Penrose, Roger
Format: Printed Book
Language:English
Published: London : Vintage , 1994.
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Table of Contents:
  • Pt. I. Why We Need New Physics to Understand the Mind: The Non-Computability of Conscious Thought. 1. Consciousness and computation. 2. The Godelian case. 3. The case for non-computability in mathematical thought
  • Pt. II. What New Physics We Need to Understand the Mind: The Quest for a Non-Computational Physics of Mind. 4. Does mind have a place in classical physics? 5. Structure of the quantum world. 6. Quantum theory and reality. 7. Quantum theory and the brain. 8. Implications?