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Reflections in Clouded Mirrors: Selfhood in Animals and Machines
Reflections In Clouded Mirrors: Selfhood In Animals and Machines
Subhash C. Kak
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA 70803–5901
Technical Report 92/12 ECE-LSU December 1, 1992
Revised October 24, 1994
Abstract
This essay presents a summary of the Vedic theory of consciousness in juxtaposition with the parallel ideas of quantum mechanics and neuroscience. The ancient Vedic tradition of philosophy of consciousness that goes back to at least 2000 BC posits that analytical approaches to defining awareness or personhood end up in paradox. In this tradition one views awareness in terms of the reflection that the ...
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