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Index 495novel-writing computer, 69; 350Nozick, Robert, 461-64nuclear particles, 145number theory, 150-51, 187Numbers, Ralph, 256-65, 267-68numerical conversion tables, 439, 382numerological mapping schemes, 382numina, 347object, unique relationship to itself of, 278objectivity, 43; of nature, 120; vs. subjectivity, 395, 396, 398-9,402, 409-11, of thinking machines, 84Obler, Loraine K., 477oblivion, abysses of, 292observers, 27, 43, 281; conscious, status as, 43, 44; external, 8;interpretation by, 371; and measurement, 38, 43; mind of, 37;and relativity theory, 37; separate states for, 46ocean waves, 125 -Lave, 163Ojemann, George A., 193, 473Olympic Torch, 409omnipotence, 313 of God, 57, 316;ominiscience, 326ontology, 303, 463, 464; personoid, 310, 316; questions of, 466operationalism, 93, 290, 371opportunism of evolution, 305opposite sex, what is it like to be?, 406optical conversion tables, 447order vs. chaos, 167, 168orders of magnitude, 375organ point, 183, 184organic molecules, 127organic quality of entity, 80organisms, 199; complexity of molecules in, 125; needs of, 11organizations, personification of, 192origin, sameness of, 80Orthodox Judaism, 333Orwell, George, 386Osgood, C. E., 480osmosis, 307other minds, 9-11, 13-14, 24, 32, 79; and artificial intelligence,366; nonexistence of, 30; Taoism on, 82otherness, 32outside, consciousness from, 8-10oxygen, 145, 242pacifism, 90pain, 8-10, 95, 240, 328, 462; and artificial intellicence, 370; inbat experience, 395; causal behaviorist analysis of, 400; asillusion, 425; punishment of evil with, 329; see also sufferingpaintings, 451: static nature of, 192palates, 114panpsychism, 83, 381paper, slips of, 378parabola, 451parabolic reflector, 141paradoxes, 422, 425, 454; fundamental, 277; logical, 325; selfreferential,275-79parallel processing, 318parallel worlds, 46paranoia: of chimpanzee, 104; computer simulation of, 91, 469parents, body made by, 47; my essence depends on my, 468Parkinson, K. C., 469Parmenides, 213parrots, 378PARRY, 91-92, 469Parsons, Terence,476particle accelerator, 79particles: altering paths of, 196; animate interplay of, 291; soulas gulf between pies and, 385; underlying laws of, 193particulateness of genes, 133parts: relationship of, 433; see also sums o', wholes vs. partsPascal, Blaise, 311passion, 84passive symbols, 176, 178Pat, 69-92path of least resistance, 436, 452, 453patriotism, 114Pattee, Howard H., 472pattern oriented mechanism, 86patterns: abstract, 78; complex, of atop 125; decoding of, 101-2;existence of, guistic, 107; of molecules, 170; of firings, 177;recognition of, 201; thou, 78Pavlovians, 35 peace, 288Pedersen, 243-44, 246, 248people: grouping of atoms to manufacture, 124; as machines, 89Pepys, Samuel, 106perception, 8, 35, 74, 122, 213, 294, 395 in bat sonar, 394, 395;of brain state, 282; of colour 479; doubting one's own, 426;of God,:330; and imagination, 400; indirect, 76; and mirrors192; modeling of, 282; modes of, 11, 156-57; objectivedescription of, 402; and perceiver, 299; of personoids, 16;andreasoning, 343; relativity of, 290, 292, 297, 299, 301,:302and self-perception, 199; shift of, 196; on symbol level, 182;visual, 467perceptual aboutness, 406percipi, 299perfection: failures as product of, 287;333Perry, John, 466, 467Perry, Ralph Barton, 482person, 225; duplicating, 7, 466; fusing, 466; mental image of,21; of non-dominant hemisphere, 14; as program, 97;splitting, 466personal identity, 4, 468; quantum mechanics and problem of,48personal vs. impersonal views, 335personal location, 221, 224, 237personal nonexistence, incomprehensibility of, 30personality, 225; attribution of, 114;in eyes of beholder, 335;hierarchical organization of, 342; imitation of, 305; andresolution of inner conflict, 342; as style. 84personality traits, 385personetics, 296-317, 413personhood, 224, 406; recognition of 76perspective, 453; shift in, 224phenomenalism, 301phenomenology: bat, 395; Martian, 395; and objectivity, 396,402-3; visual, 397philosophical psychology, 399philosophy, 64, 274, 317, 319, 467, 470;Eastern, 341; of themind, 217, 232; personoid, 310; physicalist, 224; of science,37, 93photoelectric cells, 358photons, 94photosynthesis, 8, 367; simulation of, 372physical vs. mental, 404physical parts, person as nothing more than, 89