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Igor Aleksander

Igor Aleksander
Igor Aleksander is a an engineer who has worked in artificial intelligence, neural networks and is now involved at Imperial College in London, in developing research on computational studies of consciousness. He is one of the founder members of the Machine Consciousness research movement. He has written over 200 scientific papers and 13 books, the most recent being The World In My Mind, My Mind In The World which explores the key mechanisms of consciousness in humans, animals and machines. He was elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 1988, and was awarded a lifetime achievement medal for Informatics by the Institution of Electrical Engineers in the year 2000.

He makes frequent appearances on TV and Radio (including In Our Time, Start the Week and Desert Island Disks) and is currently writing a book on Aristotle's influence on the philosophy of mind.

Igor Aleksander was on the panel of the debate What can science tell us about human nature? at The Great Debate: Agents of Change? Darwinian Thought and Theories of Human Nature in October 2008 (Click here to view video.)

Igor Aleksander says:

'I am convinced that in principle it is possible to design machines that are conscious in much the same way as I am ...'



Books by Igor Aleksander

The World in My Mind, My Mind in the World: 
Key Mechanisms of Consciousness in People, Animals and Machines How To Build a Mind: Dreams and Diaries Introduction to Neural Computing 
by Igor Aleksander and Helen Morton Impossible Minds: Ny Neurons, My Consciousness



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Igor Aleksander

Books by Igor Aleksander

The World in My Mind, My Mind in the World: Key Mechanisms of Consciousness in People, Animals and Machines

How To Build a Mind: Dreams and Diaries (Maps Of The Mind)

Introduction to Neural Computing by Igor Aleksander and Helen Morton

Impossible Minds: Ny Neurons, My Consciousness

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