Existing in the Information Dimension

This book presents new insights into the nature of the human mind as a product of the brain. It discusses 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.

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).

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