Wandering Towards a Goal How Can Mindless Mathematical Laws Give Rise to Aims and Intention? /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Aguirre, Anthony (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Foster, Brendan (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Merali, Zeeya (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: The Frontiers Collection,
• Subjects: Physics.; Artificial intelligence.; Mathematical logic.; Statistical physics.; Dynamical systems.; Philosophy and science.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.; Artificial Intelligence.; Mathematical Logic and Foundations.; Complex Systems.; Philosophy of Science.

This collection of prize-winning essays addresses the controversial question of how meaning and goals can emerge in a physical world governed by mathematical laws. What are the prerequisites for a system to have goals? What makes a physical process into a signal? Does eliminating the homunculus solv...