Uploading to Substrate‐Independent Minds

In Max More & Natasha Vita‐More (eds.), The Transhumanist Reader. Oxford: Wiley. pp. 146–156 (2013)
  Copy   BIBTEX

Abstract

In this essay we will use mind as the term to designate the totality and manner in which our thoughts take place. We use the term brain to refer to the underlying mechanics, the substrate and the manner in which it supports the operations needed to carry out thoughts.

Categories

Add categories

Keywords

Reprint years

ISBN(s)

9781118555927   9781118334294   9781118334317

DOI

10.1002/9781118555927.ch14

Links

PhilArchive



    Upload a copy of this work     Papers currently archived: 92,758

External links

Setup an account with your affiliations in order to access resources via your University's proxy server

Through your library

My notes

Similar books and articles

Feasible Mind Uploading.Randal A. Koene - 2014-08-11 - In Russell Blackford & Damien Broderick (eds.), Intelligence Unbound. Wiley. pp. 90–101.
Transfer of Personality to Synthetic Human ("mind uploading") and the Social Construction of Identity.John Danaher & Sim Bamford - 2017 - Journal of Consciousness Studies 24 (11-12):6-30.
Coalescing minds: Brain uploading-related group mind scenarios.Kaj Sotala & Harri Valpola - 2012 - International Journal of Machine Consciousness 4 (01):293-312.
The Substrate-Prior of Consciousness.Gabriel Leuenberger -
The Fallacy of Favouring Gradual Replacement Mind Uploading Over Scan-and-Copy.K. B. Wiley & R. A. Koene - 2016 - Journal of Consciousness Studies 23 (3-4):212-235.
Ray Kurzweil and Uploading: Just Say No!Nicholas Agar - 2011 - Journal of Evolution and Technology 22 (1):23-36.
Everything and More: The Prospects of Whole Brain Emulation.Eric Mandelbaum - 2022 - Journal of Philosophy 119 (8):444-459.
On the irrationality of mind-uploading: a rely to Neil Levy. [REVIEW]Nicholas Agar - 2012 - AI and Society 27 (4):431-436.
Mind Uploading and Embodied Cognition: A Theological Response.Victoria Lorrimar - 2019 - Zygon 54 (1):191-206.
The grateful Un-dead? Philosophical and Social Implications of Mind-Uploading.Ivan William Kelly - manuscript
The Myth of Mind Uploading.Gualtiero Piccinini - 2021 - In Inês Hipólito, Robert William Clowes & Klaus Gärtner (eds.), The Mind-Technology Problem : Investigating Minds, Selves and 21st Century Artefacts. Springer Verlag. pp. 125-144.
Slow Continuous Mind Uploading.Robert W. Clowes & Klaus Gärtner - 2021 - In Inês Hipólito, Robert William Clowes & Klaus Gärtner (eds.), The Mind-Technology Problem : Investigating Minds, Selves and 21st Century Artefacts. Springer Verlag. pp. 161-183.
Energy Requirements Undermine Substrate Independence and Mind-Body Functionalism.Paul Thagard - 2022 - Philosophy of Science 89 (1):70-88.
The biological significance of substrate inhibition: A mechanism with diverse functions.Michael C. Reed, Anna Lieb & H. Frederik Nijhout - 2010 - Bioessays 32 (5):422-429.
On the Prudential Irrationality of Mind Uploading.Nicholas Agar - 2014-08-11 - In Russell Blackford & Damien Broderick (eds.), Intelligence Unbound. Wiley. pp. 146–160.

Analytics

Added to PP
2023-06-15

Downloads
12 (#1,108,270)

6 months
10 (#305,705)

Historical graph of downloads
How can I increase my downloads?

Citations of this work

View all 6 citations / Add more citations

References found in this work

No references found.

Add more references