The book of minds : how to understand ourselves and other beings, from animals to AI to aliens
Ball, Philip, 1962-2023
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Award-winning science writer Philip Ball argues that in order to understand our own minds and imagine those of others, we need to move on from considering the human mind as a standard against which all others should be measured. Science has begun to have something to say about the properties of mind; the more we learn about the minds of other creatures, from octopuses to chimpanzees, to imagine the potential minds of computers and alien intelligences, the more we can begin to see our own, and the more we can understand the diversity of the human mind, in the widest of contexts. By understanding how minds differ, we can also best understand our own.
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Author:
Ball, Philip, 1962-, author
Imprint:
London : Picador, 2023.
Collation:
512 pages ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9781529069167 (pbk. :)
Language:
English
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BRN:
2355160