Stanley Korn: 3 books

Each of the 39 chapters in this book addresses a different problem. The chapter begins with a description of the problem, followed by a discussion of the previous attempts to solve it, and an explanation of why such attempts have fallen short. A solution is then presented that addresses these shortcomings. Along...

Black Box is a game designed to simulate the process of scientific discovery. One of the players assumes the role of Nature and devises a process. The other players, acting in the role of scientists, attempt to discover Nature’s process by performing simulated experiments by providing Nature with...

There are two schools of thought regarding the nature of consciousness. There’s physicalism, which provides the philosophical basis of modern science, which holds that consciousness is solely a product of brain activity, and more generally, that mind is an epiphenomenon of matter, that is, derivable...