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Existing in the Information Dimension: An Introduction to Emergent Information Theory book cover

1st Edition

Existing in the Information Dimension An Introduction to Emergent Information Theory

By Daniel Boyd Copyright 2025
272 Pages 37 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

272 Pages 37 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

272 Pages 37 Color Illustrations
by Routledge
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This book presents new insights into the nature of the human mind as a product of the brain. It does so by discussing how biological and technological information systems differ from their counterparts with physical functions, presenting Emergent Information Theory as a solution to the mind-body problem and overarching framework for all biological and technological information systems. Emergent... Read more

Part 1: The evidence: Pieces of the puzzle  1.1 Information and the physical  1.2 Systems theory 1.3 Biological information systems  1.4 Philosophy and religion  1.5 Technological information systems  Part 2: Conclusion: The origins and growth of the information dimension  2.1 Emergent Information Theory: an introduction  2.2 Biological information systems  2.3 Information technologies  Part 3: Discussion: Living with the consequences  3.1 Existing in the information dimension  3.2 The gamble evolution took  3.3 Determinism and free will  3.4 From organism to superorganism  3.5 The communal mind  3.6 Cyber-social systems and artificial consciousness  3.7 Artificial consciousness  Part 4: Epilogue  4.1. Towards a science of emergent information

Biography

Daniel Boyd is an independent researcher living in the Netherlands developing Emergent Information Theory as a theoretical approach to biological and technological information systems. He is currently a member of the Board of IS4SI (International Society for the Study of Information).

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