Existing in the Information Dimension : An Introduction to Emergent Information Theory (Hardcover)

Part 1: The evidence: Pieces of the puzzle??1.1 Information and the physical??1.2 Systems theory?1.3 Biological information systems??1.4 Philosophy and religion? 1.5 Technological information systems?Part 2: Conclusion: The origins and growth of the information dimension??2.1 Emergent Information Theory: an introduction??2.2 Biological information systems??2.3 Information technologies?Part 3: Discussion: Living with the consequences??3.1 Existing in the information dimension??3.2 The gamble evolution took?3.3 Determinism and free will?3.4 From organism to superorganism?3.5 The communal mind?3.6 Cyber-social systems and artificial consciousness?3.7 Artificial consciousness?Epilogue: Towards a science of emergent information