Literature And The Irrational; A Study In Anthropological Backgrounds eBook Wayne Shumaker
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The author analyzes the primitive mind as described by modern anthropologists, and seeks to establish the continuity of creative literary patterns with those of primitive consciousness and to show that these patterns are accessible to modern man since they are also those of childish thought.-Print ed.
Literature And The Irrational; A Study In Anthropological Backgrounds eBook Wayne Shumaker
I rate this book highly for its many interesting insights---great food for thought. I think Penrose' assessments of models of consciousness by other physicists are on the mark, including his critique of decoherence theories. He is probably on the right track in treating the collapse of the wave function as a real phenomenon, in which case he is correct is saying "what is going on will have no chance of being properly understood until we have a much more profound appreciation of the very nature of matter, time, space, and the laws that govern them." (p. 395)I was not persuaded by Penrose' own theory at all. The only connection between quantum mechanics and consciousness is that they are both mysterious. Moreover, it is the qualia of consciousness that is mysterious, not the fact that we are non-algorithmic.
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Literature And The Irrational; A Study In Anthropological Backgrounds eBook Wayne Shumaker Reviews
Excellent alternative view to mainstream philosophy. Vast improvement over the emperor's new mind, especially in terms of having taken criticism on board. It can be read independently, even though it can also be read as a sequel of sorts. If mind and consciousness are interesting to you, and you like hearing about theories in physics, this is a great book.
This is not an easy book to read or to follow. Still, it's required reading for someone like me who is interested in the Penrose-Hameroff theory of consciousness. I am always grateful when academics like Penrose write books for the general public.
I studied physics and math and love popular science. Still, I found this book obtuse and non-engaging. Gave up after 3 focused attempts at reading it.
Penrose's writing is somewhat thick. It is worth slogging through it, however. Consciousness is the X factor in experiments. It is a large part of quantum mechanics. I liked this book. It is not light reading, though.
Another stunning book by Sir Roger Penrose. It's really a five star book discounted here by one star because those lacking physics and mathematics will find some passages hard work, even though the author is being as kind as possible in a book of this calibre.
The book is a neat sequel to his "The Emperor's New Mind", extending the central theme that our little-understood human consciousness allows us to think way beyond the computational and mindless world of artificial intelligence.
In doing so, we have a marvellous survey of classical and modern physics, including the mysteries of the quantum world.
Sir Roger raises the question 'Will we ever be able to truly understand our own Nature-provided brain and its processes in terms of our own science?', and argues that, somewhere out there beyond our present reach, there is a unifying Platonic view of the Universe.
This book is a tour de force on several planes. Highly recommended.
You think when you skim it "oh this is too mathy" but it isn't. You can understand everything, without any advanced math skills at all!
Penrose is my favorite science author. He's not for everyone -- he's not afraid to use mathematics, and his diagrams (for me) are often unintelligible, but his pursuit of an understanding of the mind at the quantum level is worthwhile, even noble.
I rate this book highly for its many interesting insights---great food for thought. I think Penrose' assessments of models of consciousness by other physicists are on the mark, including his critique of decoherence theories. He is probably on the right track in treating the collapse of the wave function as a real phenomenon, in which case he is correct is saying "what is going on will have no chance of being properly understood until we have a much more profound appreciation of the very nature of matter, time, space, and the laws that govern them." (p. 395)
I was not persuaded by Penrose' own theory at all. The only connection between quantum mechanics and consciousness is that they are both mysterious. Moreover, it is the qualia of consciousness that is mysterious, not the fact that we are non-algorithmic.
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