The Book of Minds: How to Understand Ourselves and Other Beings, from Animals to AI to Aliens

Sciences from astronomy to biology, computer science to neuroscience, are mapping the mind in their own disciplinary territories, and Ball pulls the pieces together so that readers can appreciate the full picture–the “mindscape” or “space of possible minds.” Understanding the mindscape also reveals ways of making advances in understanding some of the most challenging questions in contemporary science. Informed by conversations with leading researchers, Ball’s survey of current views about the nature and existence of minds is more mind-expanding than readers could imagine.