Current Précis: In a Nutshell: This is probably the best place to start!
NEW Book: (June, 2010)
“Virtual Reality: Consciousness Really
Explained, 3nd Edition. (This
is a major expansion and improvement of the original book.
(Download for Free - PDF of Latest Updated Draft version of the new third edition here), or buy from Lulu!) Note: This is a very large book, 606 pages, (over 5 megabytes), so the download will take awhile depending, of course, on your connection speed.
Note: Chapters 1 through 3:
the Origins of my Conception might be of particular interest as they explain
and validate my very different and original beginning perspective on this
ancient problem. Here is a link to free mp3 versions of the chapters if you
might be interested in listening to them on your IPod © while doing something
else. It is a reasonable study tool but
it lacks the explanatory diagrams, of course.
ORIGINAL Book:
"Virtual Reality, (Consciousness Really Explained)", (First Edition 1998): Free PDF Download I suggest you expand Adobe’s “Bookmark” tool to stay organized. (Note: this earlier edition is a more symmetrical presentation, but apparently lacks clarity in some aspects, especially of my second hypothesis. This is one of the reasons why I produced my third edition linked above.)
Online
Papers:
1.. INTRO: The Mind-Brain Problem: An Introduction for Beginners (VIEW AS PDF)
( An overview - not necessarily only for
beginners. There are some interesting new ideas here!)
2. WHY: Mind: the Argument from Evolutionary Biology, ( Virtual Reality -A Working Model) (VIEW AS PDF)
This is an expansion and refinement of the second chapter of my
original book, (accessible below).
4. BOOKS –linked above
The
Original Book(, i.e. first edition contents):
Table of Contents, (Original, First Edition Book): (all sections in PDF format).
(Note: Except for the highlighted,
hyperlinked listings, this is "list only".
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Introduction |
4 |
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Preface to Chapter 1, (on Realism as a Non-representative Model) |
12 |
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18 |
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Preface to Chapter 2: the Logical Problem -and Realism Again |
37 |
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48 |
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Introduction to Chapters 3,4 and 5, (Towards a Resolution of the Paradox) |
81 |
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Chapter 3. Biology Part II: Towards the Where and the What? (Maturana) |
84 |
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Preface to Chapter 4 |
112 |
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113 |
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Preface to Chapter 5, (the Final Step) |
149 |
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150 |
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156 |
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161 |
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165 |
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Appendix B, (Isomorphism and Representation) |
170 |
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Appendix C, (Mind-Body and Artificial Intelligence: Hubert Dreyfus) |
173 |
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Appendix D: (Roger Penrose) |
183 |
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Appendix E: Dogmatic Materialism and Reality |
187 |
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190 |
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Appendix G: An Outline of the Semantic Argument, (for Philosophers) |
198 |
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Appendix H: Extended Abstract |
205 |
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208 |
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Appendix I: A Few Graphical Illustrations |
233 |
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Appendix J: An Elaboration of the Discussion of Chapter 1 |
237 |
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Bibliography |
243 |
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Here is a link
to the Table of Contents of my new 3rd Edition: