Surfing Uncertainty: Prediction, Action, and the Embodied Mind by Andy Clark (En

Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE Surfing Uncertainty by Andy Clark Exciting new theories in neuroscience, psychology, and artificial intelligence are revealing minds like ours as predictive minds, forever trying to guess the incoming streams of sensory stimulation before they arrive. In this up-to-the-minute treatment, philosopher and cognitive scientist Andy Clark explores new ways of thinking about perception, action, and the embodied mind. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description How is it that thoroughly physical material beings such as ourselves can think, dream, feel, create and understand ideas, theories and concepts? How does mere matter give rise to all these non-material mental states, including consciousness itself? An answer to this central question of our existence is emerging at the busy intersection of neuroscience, psychology, artificial intelligence, and robotics.In this groundbreaking work, philosopherand cognitive scientist Andy Clark explores exciting new theories from these fields that reveal minds like ours to be prediction machines - devices that have evolved to anticipate the incoming streams ofsensory stimulation before they arrive. These predictions then initiate actions that structure our worlds and alter the very things we need to engage and predict. Clark takes us on a journey in discovering the circular causal flows and the self-structuring of the environment that define "the predictive brain." What emerges is a bold, new, cutting-edge vision that reveals the brain as our driving force in the daily surf through the waves of sensory stimulation. Author Biography Andy Clark is Professor of Logic and Metaphysics in the School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, at Edinburgh University in Scotland. He is the author of Being There (1997), Mindware (2001), Natural-Born Cyborgs (2003), and Supersizing the Mind (2008). His interests include artificial intelligence, embodied cognition, robotics, and the predictive mind. In 2018 he was profiled in The NewYorker. Table of Contents Preface: Meat That PredictsAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Guessing GamesPart I: The Power of PredictionChapter 1: Prediction MachinesChapter 2: Adjusting The Volume (Noise, Signal, Attention)Chapter 3: The ImaginariumPart II: Embodying PredictionChapter 4: Prediction for ActionChapter 5: Sculpting the FlowChapter 6: Engaging the worldChapter 7: Expecting OurselvesPart III: Scaffolding PredictionChapter 8: The Lazy Predictive BrainChapter 9: Being HumanChapter 10: The Future of PredictionAppendix 1: Bare BayesAppendix 2: The Free Energy FormulationReferencesIndex Review "Surfing Uncertainty will be a much discussed and seminal work in the field of the philosophy of cognitive science." -- David D. Hutto, Australasian Journal of Philosophy"A stimulating read for anyone interested in the intersection of neuroscience and philosophy of mind from a scientific perspective." --Library Journal"A wonderful book...Clarks Surfing Uncertainty will become an essential point of departure for philosophers and cognitive scientists trying to come to grips with the apparatus of predictive processing." -- Metascience"This is a truly important book. It is evocatively written and reflects a truly gargantuan amount of work. It sets the stage for future debates not only about the empirical merits of Bayesian characterizations of human cognition, but also the broader philosophical picture in which such Bayesian characterizations are embedded. I predict that many of us will be reading, discussing, and analysing this book in the months and years to come." --British Journalfor the Philosophy of Science Promotional A cutting edge point of view on the age-old question - what is the role of the brain in the delicate dance between the human being and the world Long Description How is it that thoroughly physical material beings such as ourselves can think, dream, feel, create and understand ideas, theories and concepts? How does mere matter give rise to all these non-material mental states, including consciousness itself? An answer to this central question of our existence is emerging at the busy intersection of neuroscience, psychology, artificial intelligence, and robotics.In this groundbreaking work, philosopher and cognitive scientist Andy Clark explores exciting new theories from these fields that reveal minds like ours to be prediction machines - devices that have evolved to anticipate the incoming streams of sensory stimulation before they arrive. These predictions then initiate actions that structure our worlds and alter the very things we need to engage and predict. Clark takes us on a journey in discovering the circular causal flows and theself-structuring of the environment that define "the predictive brain." What emerges is a bold, new, cutting-edge vision that reveals the brain as our driving force in the daily surf through the waves of sensory stimulation. Review Text "Surfing Uncertainty will be a much discussed and seminal work in the field of the philosophy of cognitive science." -- David D. Hutto, Australasian Journal of Philosophy"A stimulating read for anyone interested in the intersection of neuroscience and philosophy of mind from a scientific perspective." --Library Journal"A wonderful book...Clarks Surfing Uncertainty will become an essential point of departure for philosophers and cognitive scientists trying to come to grips with the apparatus of predictive processing." -- Metascience"This is a truly important book. It is evocatively written and reflects a truly gargantuan amount of work. It sets the stage for future debates not only about the empirical merits of Bayesian characterizations of human cognition, but also the broader philosophical picture in which such Bayesian characterizations are embedded. I predict that many of us will be reading, discussing, and analysing this book in the months and years to come." --British Journalfor the Philosophy of Science Review Quote "Surfing Uncertainty will be a much discussed and seminal work in the field of the philosophy of cognitive science." -- David D. Hutto, Australasian Journal of Philosophy "A stimulating read for anyone interested in the intersection of neuroscience and philosophy of mind from a scientific perspective." --Library Journal "A wonderful book...Clarks Surfing Uncertainty will become an essential point of departure for philosophers and cognitive scientists trying to come to grips with the apparatus of predictive processing." -- Metascience "This is a truly important book. It is evocatively written and reflects a truly gargantuan amount of work. It sets the stage for future debates not only about the empirical merits of Bayesian characterizations of human cognition, but also the broader philosophical picture in which such Bayesian characterizations are embedded. I predict that many of us will be reading, discussing, and analysing this book in the months and years to come." --British Journal for the Philosophy of Science Feature Selling point: A comprehensive and accessible tour of exciting, cutting-edge research on "the predictive mind"Selling point: Pitched to cross disciplinary boundaries at the intersections of neuroscience, philosophy, artificial intelligence, and psychologySelling point: Brings work on the predictive mind together with work on embodied cognition New Feature Preface: Meat That Predicts Acknowledgements Introduction: Guessing Games Part I: The Power of Prediction Chapter 1: Prediction Machines Chapter 2: Adjusting The Volume (Noise, Signal, Attention) Chapter 3: The Imaginarium Part II: Embodying Prediction Chapter 4: Prediction for Action Chapter 5: Sculpting the Flow Chapter 6: Engaging the world Chapter 7: Expecting Ourselves Part III: Scaffolding Prediction Chapter 8: The Lazy Predictive Brain Chapter 9: Being Human Chapter 10: The Future of Prediction Appendix 1: Bare Bayes Appendix 2: The Free Energy Formulation References Index Details ISBN0190933216 Author Andy Clark Pages 424 Year 2019 ISBN-10 0190933216 ISBN-13 9780190933210 Publisher Oxford University Press Inc Format Paperback Imprint Oxford University Press Inc Subtitle Prediction, Action, and the Embodied Mind Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States DEWEY 128.2 Affiliation Professor of Logic and Metaphysics, University of Edinburgh Position Professor of Logic and Metaphysics Short Title Surfing Uncertainty Language English Publication Date 2019-05-30 UK Release Date 2019-05-30 AU Release Date 2019-05-30 NZ Release Date 2019-05-30 US Release Date 2019-05-30 Alternative 9780190217013 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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