The user illusion : cutting consciousness down to size / Tor Nørretranders ; translated by Jonathan Sydenham.
Material type:
TextLanguage: English Original language: Danish Publisher: New York : Viking, [1998]Copyright date: ©1998Description: xii, 467 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0670875791
- 9780670875795
- Maerk verden. English
- 153
- BF311. N675 1998
Contents:
Part I. Computation -- 1. Maxwell's Demon -- 2. Throwing Away Information -- 3. Infinite Algorithms -- 4. The Depth of Complexity -- Part II. Communication -- 5. The Tree of Talking -- 6. The Bandwidth of Consciousness -- 7. The Bomb of Psychology -- 8. The View from Within -- Part III. Consciousness -- 9. The Half-Second Delay -- 10. Maxwell's Me -- 11. The User Illusion -- 12. The Origin of Consciousness -- Part IV. Composure -- 13. Inside nothing -- 14. On the Edge of Chaos -- 15. The Nonlinear Line -- 16. The Sublime.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 153 NOR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A252481B |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 445-456) and index.
Part I. Computation -- 1. Maxwell's Demon -- 2. Throwing Away Information -- 3. Infinite Algorithms -- 4. The Depth of Complexity -- Part II. Communication -- 5. The Tree of Talking -- 6. The Bandwidth of Consciousness -- 7. The Bomb of Psychology -- 8. The View from Within -- Part III. Consciousness -- 9. The Half-Second Delay -- 10. Maxwell's Me -- 11. The User Illusion -- 12. The Origin of Consciousness -- Part IV. Composure -- 13. Inside nothing -- 14. On the Edge of Chaos -- 15. The Nonlinear Line -- 16. The Sublime.
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