Examining the idea of “mind” as it does or may exist in a wide range of forms from biological to artificial, Mr. Ball envisions a “space of possible minds” through which he can lead his readers in consideration of a number of questions pertaining to minds that doesn’t privilege the human one.
Philip K. Dick famously asked the question “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?” With his new book examining the mental activity during temporary reversible states of unconsciousness in non-human animals, Prof. David M. Peña-Guzmán could be said to ask “What do sheep dream of?”