Consciousness in robots: The hard problem and some less hard problems

Proceedings - IEEE International Workshop on Robot and Human Interactive Communication

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 434-439

  MacLennan, B J ^a  

^a University of Tennessee   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial life; Autonomous robots; Consciousness; Evolutionary psychology; Intentionality; The hard problem

Indexed keywords

INTERACTIVE DEVICES; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGY COMPUTING;

ARTIFICIAL LIFE; CONSCIOUSNESS; EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY; INTENTIONALITY; THE HARD PROBLEM;

ROBOTS;

EID: 33746646421     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROMAN.2005.1513817     Document Type: Conference Paper

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