How to Build a Robot that is Conscious and Feels

Minds and Machines

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 117-136

  O'Regan, J Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Consciousness; Feel; Robot; Self; Sensorimotor theory

Indexed keywords

CONSCIOUSNESS; FEEL; NEW YORK , USA; OXFORD UNIVERSITY; SELF; SENSORIMOTOR THEORY;

PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS;

ROBOTS;

EID: 84865337683     PISSN: 09246495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11023-012-9279-x     Document Type: Article

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