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Dramatique des phénomènes
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ISBN: 2130520812 9782130520818 Year: 2001 Publisher: Paris PUF

The social body : habit, identity and desire.
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ISBN: 0761966404 9780761966401 Year: 2001 Publisher: London Sage

Mind and mechanism
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ISBN: 026213392X 9786612096617 0262256657 1282096613 0585445745 9780262256650 9780585445748 9780262133920 0262293218 Year: 2001 Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. MIT Press

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"In Mind and Mechanism, Drew McDermott takes a computational approach to the mind-body problem (how it is that a purely physical entity, the brain, can have experiences). He begins by demonstrating the falseness of dualist approaches, which separate the physical and mental realms. He then surveys what has been accomplished in artificial intelligence, clearly differentiating what we know how to build from what we can imagine building. McDermott then details a computational theory of consciousness--claiming that the mind can be modeled entirely in terms of computation--and deals with various possible objections. He also discusses cultural consequences of the theory, including its impact on religion and ethics."

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