De Wilde, Philippe (1995) Physical and linguistic problems in the modelling of consciousness by neural networks. In: From natural to artificial neural computation : International Workshop on Artificial Neural Networks. Lecture Notes in Computer Science . pp. 584-588. Springer, Cham, Switzerland ISBN 978-3-540-59497-0. (doi:10.1007/3-540-59497-3_225) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:58065)
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Abstract
We consider consciousness as a large scale phenomenon that can be reduced to small scale interactions between neurons, and hence to quantum mechanics. We show that this has consequences for a reductionist approach in modelling consciousness. An alternative to this is a metaphorical approach. We draw a parallel with the alchemists language in describing his experiments. Finally, we investigate the formalist viewpoint that consciousness is modelled and described by its use in language.
| Item Type: | Conference or workshop item (Paper) |
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| DOI/Identification number: | 10.1007/3-540-59497-3_225 |
| Uncontrolled keywords: | Neural networks; Quantum theory, Small scale, Computational linguistics |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QA Mathematics (inc Computing science) > QA 76 Software, computer programming, > QA76.87 Neural computers, neural networks |
| Divisions: | Divisions > Division of Computing, Engineering and Mathematical Sciences > School of Computing |
| Depositing User: | Philippe De Wilde |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Jan 2023 16:40 UTC |
| Last Modified: | 05 Nov 2024 10:49 UTC |
| Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/58065 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
University of Kent Author Information
De Wilde, Philippe.
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