Professional endorsements: `You've read the rest, now try the best. Mulhauser takes on a wild safari tour of the outer limits of mind science. There are a lot of dangerous ideas out there; many a good mind has come back worse for the encounter. Mulhauser's technical sophistication and philosophical sensitivity make him the ... Read moreideal guide. No metaphysical snake-oil here; just unswerving good sense at the frontiers of cognitive science.' Tim van Gelder, University of Melbourne `One of the first serious applications of algorithmic information theory; fun to read!' G.J. Chaitin, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center `Though I still regard myself to live in what Mulhauser calls `Platonic Heaven' (he would place me - as someone who believes that my mental gymnastics go beyond the physical and the computable - in `Platonic Hell'), reading his book was an absolute joy. It is a remarkable blend of technical know-how, smooth prose, and stimulating examples. This book can give readers command over the relevant formal landscape, while simultaneously engaging them in good old-fashioned philosophical reflection.' Selmer Bringsjord, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute `We all know that chaos, neural nets, and consciousness must be connected. Mulhauser's challenging book gives us the first thought-out account of what the connections could be.' Adam Morton, University of Bristol `It is engagingly written, and Mulhauser is well informed, acute, and enthusiastic.' Robert Kirk in Philosophical Books, July 2000 Show Less