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Consciousness : a very short introduction

By:

Blackmore, Susan J

Series: Very short introductions ; 121.Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017Edition: 2nd edDescription: xvi, 146p. : ill. ; 18 cmISBN:

9780198794738
0198794738

Subject(s):

Consciousness

NLM classification:

WLM 400.

Summary: Consciousness', 'the last great mystery for science', remains 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 continuing the 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, whilst also outlining the amazing pace of discoveries in neuroscience. Covering areas such as the construction of self in the brain, mechanisms of attention, the neural correlates of consciousness, and the physiology of altered states of consciousness, Susan Blackmore highlights our latest findings.

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First edition published 2005.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-140) and index.

Consciousness', 'the last great mystery for science', remains 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 continuing the 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, whilst also outlining the amazing pace of discoveries in neuroscience. Covering areas such as the construction of self in the brain, mechanisms of attention, the neural correlates of consciousness, and the physiology of altered states of consciousness, Susan Blackmore highlights our latest findings.

User comment on 31/07/2019

Surprisingly un-evenhanded for a "short introduction". Blackmore very strongly pushes the view that consciousness and a sense of self are illusions, with some quite strident sideswipes at those who think differently, including those from a religious perspective. Nevertheless, it is an engaging read with some fascinating psychological experiments reported.

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