The Singularity
This hugely informative volume on the Singularity - the idea that artificial intelligence can and will outstrip human intelligence - considers this possibility and its…… Read More »
Category: Science Philosophy of Science
Artificial Intelligence
This book is part of a new series entitled what everyone needs to know. It is an excellent overview informed by the author's own viewpoint…… Read More »
TIME, LIGHT AND THE DICE OF CREATION
The subtitle of Philip Franses's book is Through Paradox in Physics to a New Order. Franses takes the reader in a journey through modern physics.…… Read More »
BEYOND MATTER: WHY SCIENCE NEEDS METAPHYSICS
Here is Roger Trigg at his most incisive and succinct as he returns to his examination of where the limits of the modern scientific enterprise…… Read More »
THE ANCIENT ORIGINS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
Authors: Jon M. Mallat, Todd E. Feinberg
Reviewer: Martin Lockley
Category: Science Philosophy of Science
Ancient Origins fills a "gap" but not philosopher Joseph Levine's still-intractable, mysterious gap "between the physical properties of the brain…and the subjective experiences that the…… Read More »
COSMOSAPIENS
10 years in the making, this tour de force is a critical examination of scientific theories and evidence - systematic observation or experiment - about…… Read More »
The Age of EM
This book is an interdisciplinary thought experiment by an author trained in physics and philosophy, who is now a professor of economics. He envisages in…… Read More »
Being as Communion
Bill Dembski is a mathematician and philosopher who is well known for his contributions to intelligent design theory. In this profound study, he provides a…… Read More »
Restless Creatures
This brilliantly written and engaging book tells the story of evolution through locomotion, opening up a new perspective and relating this to the extraordinary capacities…… Read More »
I, Superorganism
Many advances in science arise from a newly realised complexity in the functioning of living systems. This applies to this very good popular account of…… Read More »