Irreducible
Consciousness, Life, Computers, and Human Nature
Essentia Books · Print & ebook · June 1, 2024
Federico Faggin is one of the greatest luminaries of high technology alive today.
We earn from qualifying purchases.
- Who it’s for
- A veteran technologist turns from silicon to questions of mind, life, and reality.
- Genres
- Idealism, Quantum Theory, Cognitive Science
- Published
- Essentia Books, June 1, 2024
Nearest books
Matched by what the books are about, then ordered by what their readers also loved.
Reader, Come HomeMaryanne Wolf45% match
The Singularity Is NearRay Kurzweil50% match
Gödel, Escher, BachDouglas R Hofstadter52% matchShares Cognitive Science
Society of MindMarvin Minsky59% matchShares Cognitive Science
God, Human, Animal, MachineMeghan O'Gieblyn59% match
ConsciousAnnaka Harris59% matchShares Cognitive Science
A World AppearsMichael Pollan59% matchShares Cognitive Science
SuperintelligenceNick Bostrom57% match
For younger readers: Basher Science Mini: Artificial Intelligence, The Way Things Work: Newly Revised Edition
Start with three books, and this one can be the first.
Members get a new edition every morning: a route out from their books to essays, research and talks, with the reason for each.
Start with this bookAbout this book
Federico Faggin is one of the greatest luminaries of high technology alive today. A physicist by education, he is the inventor of the microprocessor and the MOS silicon gate technology, both of which underlie the modern world's entire information technology.
Continue reading
With the knowledge and experience of a lifetime in cutting-edge fields, Federico now turns his attention to consciousness and the nature of reality, sharing with us his profound insights on the classical and quantum worlds, artificial intelligence, life and the human mind. In this book, he elaborates on an idealist model of reality, produced after years of careful thought and direct experience, according to which nature's most fundamental level is that of consciousness as a quantum phenomenon, while the classical physical world consists merely of evocative symbols of a deeper reality.
Silicon to Consciousness
A veteran technologist turns from silicon to questions of mind, life, and reality.
Come here for
- The unusual crossing of microprocessor history and questions about consciousness
- Big questions spanning quantum theory, artificial intelligence, and human nature
Expect
- An idealist model that treats consciousness as nature’s most fundamental level
- A view of the physical world as symbols of a deeper reality
Where it sits
| Quantum Theory | 53% |
|---|---|
| Idealism | 48% |
| Cognitive Science | 37% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Metaphysics
- Idealism
- How We Think & Learn
- Authors
- Federico Faggin
- Publisher
- Essentia Books
- Published
- June 1, 2024
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Metaphysics