Knowledge Needs and Information Extraction : Towards an Artificial Consciousness.

Amongst the big questions about humanity from "Who am I?" to "Where am I", there is the subject of consciousness relayed by philosophy and theology at first and then by biology, psychology, sociology and more recently by cognitive sciences. This book attempts to reconcile these d...

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Main Author: Turenne, Nicolas
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Wiley, 2013.
Series:ISTE.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Amongst the big questions about humanity from "Who am I?" to "Where am I", there is the subject of consciousness relayed by philosophy and theology at first and then by biology, psychology, sociology and more recently by cognitive sciences. This book attempts to reconcile these disciplines through the common denominator of consciousness, but on one of its specific aspect. The book presents a concept of-motivation of field of activity, as a biological motor of a state of consciousness, and of which system informatics enables to reveal its existence. If consciousness is not well defined, a limit.
Item Description:11.2. Architecture of a self-motivation subsystem.
Physical Description:1 online resource (286 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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