Consciousness
(Sprache: Englisch)
Consciousness, 'the last great mystery for science', has now become a hot topic. How can a physical brain create our experience of the world? What creates our identity? Do we really have free will? Could consciousness itself be an illusion? New developments...
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Consciousness, 'the last great mystery for science', has now become a hot topic. How can a physical brain create our experience of the world? What creates our identity? Do we really have free will? Could consciousness itself be an illusion? New developments in brain science are opening up debates on these issues, and now the field has expanded to include biologists, neuroscientists, psychologists, and philosophers. Using illustrations and lively cartoons, Susan
Blackmore clarifies the complex arguments and illuminates the major theories.
Blackmore clarifies the complex arguments and illuminates the major theories.
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Consciousness, 'the last great mystery for science', has now become a hot topic. How can a physical brain create our experience of the world? What creates our identity? Do we really have free will? Could consciousness itself be an illusion?Exciting new developments in brain science are opening up debates on these issues, and the field has now expanded to include biologists, neuroscientists, psychologists, and philosophers. This controversial book clarifies the potentially confusing arguments, and the major theories using illustrations, lively cartoons, and experiments.Topics include vision and attention, theories of self and will, experiments on action and awareness, altered states of consciousness, and the effects of braindamage and drugs.ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Consciousness “
1. Why the mystery; 2. The Human Brain; 3. Time and Space; 4. A Grand Illusion; 5. The Self; 6. Conscious Will; 7. Altered States of Consciousness; 8. The Evolution of Consciousness
Autoren-Porträt von Susan Blackmore
Susan Blackmore, geboren 1951, studierte Psychologie und Physiologie in Oxford und promovierte in Parapsychologie an der Universität von Surrey. Derzeit arbeitet sie als freie Publizistin und Moderatorin u.a. für die BBC und lehrt an der Universität von Bristol. Sie hat maßgebliche Arbeiten zur Theorie des Bewußtseins und zur Evolutionstheorie vorgelegt.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Susan Blackmore
- 2005, 160 Seiten, Maße: 11,1 x 17,5 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- ISBN-10: 0192805851
- ISBN-13: 9780192805850
Sprache:
Englisch
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