{"product_id":"surfing-uncertainty-prediction-action-and-the-embodied-mind-hardcover","title":"Surfing Uncertainty: Prediction, Action, and the Embodied Mind - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAndy Clark\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow is it that thoroughly physical material beings such as ourselves can think, dream, feel, create and understand ideas, theories and concepts? How does mere matter give rise to all these non-material mental states, including consciousness itself? An answer to this central question of our existence is emerging at the busy intersection of neuroscience, psychology, artificial intelligence, and robotics. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this groundbreaking work, philosopher and cognitive scientist Andy Clark explores exciting new theories from these fields that reveal minds like ours to be prediction machines - devices that have evolved to anticipate the incoming streams of sensory stimulation before they arrive. These predictions then initiate actions that structure our worlds and alter the very things we need to engage and predict. Clark takes us on a journey in discovering the circular causal flows and the self-structuring of the environment that define \"the predictive brain.\" What emerges is a bold, new, cutting-edge vision that reveals the brain as our driving force in the daily surf through the waves of sensory stimulation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAndy Clark\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Logic and Metaphysics in the School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, at Edinburgh University in Scotland. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eBeing There\u003c\/em\u003e (1997), \u003cem\u003eMindware\u003c\/em\u003e (2001), \u003cem\u003eNatural-Born Cyborgs\u003c\/em\u003e (2003), and \u003cem\u003eSupersizing the Mind \u003c\/em\u003e(2008). His interests include artificial intelligence, embodied cognition, robotics, and the predictive mind. In 2018 he was profiled in \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 424\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 9.3 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 03, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51753874161952,"sku":"9780190217013","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/21ac85af085c929524d173d2a637c6bc.webp?v=1780028708","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/surfing-uncertainty-prediction-action-and-the-embodied-mind-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}