Illustrations from "
Consciousness: An Introduction" by
Susan Blackmore (Hodder, 2003)
.png "The Imitation Game -")
The Imitation Game
.png "A Conscious Robot -")
A Conscious Robot
.png "Chinese Room - Searle's Chinese Room thought experiment - a human can follow instructions like a computer, that tell him how to respond to a given input without ever understanding the nature of the inputs or outputs, as if they were in a foreign language")
Chinese Room
Searle's Chinese Room thought experiment - a human can follow instructions like a computer, that tell him how to respond to a given input without ever understanding the nature of the inputs or outputs, as if they were in a foreign language
.png "Putting X into the Machine - The idea that an added extra is required for a computer to be conscious")
Putting X into the Machine
The idea that an added extra is required for a computer to be conscious
.png "The Internet as a Living Creature -")
The Internet as a Living Creature
.png "Neckar Cube - Which face is closer to you, the top left or bottom right?")
Neckar Cube
Which face is closer to you, the top left or bottom right?
.png "Monkey in Logothetis's Experiment -")
Monkey in Logothetis's Experiment
.png "The Somatosensory Body Map - The spatial mapping of sense receptors in the brain")
The Somatosensory Body Map
The spatial mapping of sense receptors in the brain
.png "Stimuli used to test Blindsight -")
Stimuli used to test Blindsight
.png "Blindseer - People with 'blindsight' (i.e. totally blind for most purposes) can still determine which way to post a letter through vertical or horizontal letterboxes")
Blindseer
People with 'blindsight' (i.e. totally blind for most purposes) can still determine which way to post a letter through vertical or horizontal letterboxes
.png "Super Blindseer -")
Super Blindseer
.png "Triangle of Coins - Puzzle: Turn this triangle of coins upside-down by moving just three coins")
Triangle of Coins
Puzzle: Turn this triangle of coins upside-down by moving just three coins
.jpg "The Imitation Game -")
.jpg "A Conscious Robot -")
.jpg "Chinese Room - Searle's Chinese Room thought experiment - a human can follow instructions like a computer, that tell him how to respond to a given input without ever understanding the nature of the inputs or outputs, as if they were in a foreign language")
.jpg "Putting X into the Machine - The idea that an added extra is required for a computer to be conscious")
.jpg "The Internet as a Living Creature -")
.jpg "Neckar Cube - Which face is closer to you, the top left or bottom right?")
.jpg "Monkey in Logothetis's Experiment -")
.jpg "The Somatosensory Body Map - The spatial mapping of sense receptors in the brain")
.jpg "Stimuli used to test Blindsight -")
.jpg "Blindseer - People with 'blindsight' (i.e. totally blind for most purposes) can still determine which way to post a letter through vertical or horizontal letterboxes")
.jpg "Super Blindseer -")
.jpg "Triangle of Coins - Puzzle: Turn this triangle of coins upside-down by moving just three coins")