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內容簡介 關於人類意識最簡潔及啟發人心的強大著作，媲美《七堂簡單物理課》和《宇宙必修課：給大忙人的天文物理學入門攻略》《紐約時報》暢銷冠軍「如果你曾思考過人為何擁有懷疑的能力，這本作品剛好有許多令人著迷的見解正在等著你探索。」─暢銷書《反叛，改變世界的力量：華頓商學院最啟發人心的一堂課》作者亞當‧格蘭特 什麼是人類意識？它是如何產生的？為何它會存在？當人們將世上所發生的一切視為理所當然時，人類意識的存在卻引發許多深刻及困惑的問題：為何宇宙中的任何物質集合都是有意識的？我們該如何探索意識？為何我們需要探索人類意識？ 作者Annaka Harris以深入淺出的敘述，引領讀者重新認識人類意識，透過不斷發展的演化定義，結合哲學和科學的全新發現，拓展人們對人類意識的有限理解。意識到底存在於何處，又是如何產生的？意識是一種幻像，還是宇宙物質的屬性？當人們試圖理解意識時，必須更努力解決該如何定義意識，而在這個人工智慧的時代，誰又能真正擁有人類意識？本書提供生動而富有挑戰性的論述，改變人們對意識的看法，幫助自我重新思考意識的意義。 What is consciousness? How does it arise? And why does it exist?We take for granted our experience of being in the world. But the very existence of consciousness raises profound questions: Why would any collection of matter in the universe be conscious? How are we able to think about this? And why should we?In this wonderfully accessible book, Annaka Harris guides us through the evolving definitions, philosophies, and scientific findings that probe our limited understanding of consciousness. Where does it reside, and what gives rise to it? Could it be an illusion, or is it a universal property of all matter? As we try to understand consciousness, we must grapple with how to define it and, in the age of artificial intelligence, who or what may possess it.An illuminating meditation on the self, free will, and felt experience, Conscious offers lively and challenging arguments that alter our ideas about consciousness—allowing us to think freely about it for ourselves, if indeed we can.
