Self-Consciousness: The Hidden Internal State of Digital Circuits

by Masakazu Shoji

The study of self-consciousness helps humans understand themselves and restores their identities. But self-consciousness has been a mystery since the beginning of history, and this mystery cannot be resolved by conventional natural science. In Self-Consciousness, author Masakazu Shoji takes the mystery out of self-consciousness by proposing the idea that the human brain and body are a biological machine. A former VLSI microprocessor designer and semiconductor physicist, Shoji was guided by the ideas of ancient sages to create a conceptual design of a human machine brain model. He explains how it works, how it senses itself and the outside world, and how the machine creates the sense of existence of the subject SELF to itself, just as a living human brain does. A follow-up to Shoji's previous book, Neuron Circuits, Electronic Circuits, and Self-Consciousness , this new volume examines self-consciousness from three unconventional viewpoints to present a complex theory of the mind and how self-consciousness develops.

238 pages, Hardcover

First published August 6, 2013

Reviews

[Liquidlasagna]

the intro is wonderfully creepy

I use a special notation in this book. A meaning or image which exists in the brain's memory is shown by < ... > sign. For instance, if activation of a memory creates the sense of fear, the memory and its activity are designated by writing . Similarly, if activation of another memory displays the image of hibiscus flower, the memory and its activity is written as . This notation is convenient, since it represents the hardware base of brain activity clearly.

thanks for the word on this classic of uh consciousness, Osiris...