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Author:   Daniel Boyd
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
ISBN:  

9781032607849

ISBN 10:   103260784
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   21 May 2026
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
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Table of Contents

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 Part 4: Epilogue 4.1. Towards a science of emergent information

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Daniel Boyd is an independent researcher living in the Netherlands developing Emergent Information Theory as a theoretical approach to biological and technological information systems. He is currently a member of the Board of IS4SI (International Society for the Study of Information).

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