Surfing uncertainty [electronic resource] : prediction, action, and the embodied mind / Andy Clark.
2015
BC181 .C534 2015eb
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Title
Surfing uncertainty [electronic resource] : prediction, action, and the embodied mind / Andy Clark.
Author
Clark, Andy, 1957- author.
ISBN
9780190217044 (electronic book)
Published
New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xviii, 401 pages) : illustrations.
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10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190217013 doi
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BC181 .C534 2015eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
128.2
Summary
This title brings together work on embodiment, action, and the predictive mind. At the core is the vision of human minds as prediction machines - devices that constantly try to stay one step ahead of the breaking waves of sensory stimulation, by actively predicting the incoming flow. In every situation we encounter, that complex prediction machinery is already buzzing, proactively trying to anticipate the sensory barrage. The book shows in detail how this strange but potent strategy of self-anticipation ushers perception, understanding, and imagination simultaneously onto the cognitive stage.
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This title brings together work on embodiment, action, and the predictive mind. At the core is the vision of human minds as prediction machines - devices that constantly try to stay one step ahead of the breaking waves of sensory stimulation, by actively predicting the incoming flow. In every situation we encounter, that complex prediction machinery is already buzzing, proactively trying to anticipate the sensory barrage. The book shows in detail how this strange but potent strategy of self-anticipation ushers perception, understanding, and imagination simultaneously onto the cognitive stage.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on September 22, 2015).
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Table of Contents
I: The power of prediction
Prediction machines
Adjusting the volume (Noise, signal, attention)
The imaginarium
II: Embodying prediction
Prediction-action machines
Precision engineering: Sculpting the flow
Beyond fantasy
Expecting ourselves (Creeping up on consciousness)
III: Scaffolding prediction
The lazy prediction brain
Being human
Conclusions: The future of prediction.
Prediction machines
Adjusting the volume (Noise, signal, attention)
The imaginarium
II: Embodying prediction
Prediction-action machines
Precision engineering: Sculpting the flow
Beyond fantasy
Expecting ourselves (Creeping up on consciousness)
III: Scaffolding prediction
The lazy prediction brain
Being human
Conclusions: The future of prediction.