A Taxonomy and Metaphysics of Mind-Uploading

Wiley, Keith

ISBN 10: 0692279849 / ISBN 13: 9780692279847

Verlag: Alautun Press, 2014

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Bibliografische Details

• Titel: A Taxonomy and Metaphysics of Mind-Uploading
• Verlag: Alautun Press
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0692279849
• ISBN-13: 9780692279847
• Einband: Softcover
• Zustand: Very Good

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Inhaltsangabe

MIND-UPLOADING: the process of transferring one’s mind from the brain to a new substrate, generally a computer. It is the stuff of science fiction, immediately recognizable in contemporary literature and cinema. However, it has also become increasingly respectable—or at least approachable—within technological, neurological, and philosophical circles. This book begins with a rich taxonomy of hypothetical procedures by which mind-uploading might be achieved, even if only in the realm of thought experiment. This is likely the most thorough collection of such procedures yet compiled and should form the basis of any reader’s personal philosophy of mind and mind-uploading. It then offers one such philosophy of mind, along with an analysis and interpretation of the scenarios in the taxonomy through the lens of this philosophy. This book will be an important component of any curious reader’s developing philosophy of mind and mind-uploading.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Keith Wiley has a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of New Mexico and was one of the original members of MURG, the Mind Uploading Research Group, an online community dating to the mid-90s that discussed issues of consciousness with an aim toward mind-uploading. He has written multiple book chapters, peer-reviewed journal articles, and magazine articles, in addition to several essays on a broad array of topics, available on his website at http://keithwiley.com. This is his first nonfiction book (aside from his dissertation). He currently resides in Seattle, WA.