Philosophy, neuroscience and consciousness : an introduction / Rex Welshon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Welshon, Rex, 1955-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Consciousness.

Neurosciences.

Physical Description:

viii, 389 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Montréal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2011.

Summary:

This introduction to these and many of the other problems posed by consciousness discusses the most important work of cognitive science, neurophysiology and philosophy of the past thirty years and presents an up-to-date assessment of the issues and debates. CONTENTS: Preface and acknowledgements Introduction: problems of consciousness 1. Refection on consciousness before the mid-twentieth century 2. Functional neuroanatomy 3. Primate neuropsychology 4. Human evolution 5. Contemporary neuropsychology 6. Neuropsychology of consciousness 7. Philosophy of mind and consciousness 8. Reduction and non-reduction 9. Emergence 10. Prospects for neural theories of consciousness Notes Bibliography Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-370) and index.

ISBN:

9780773538412

0773538410

9780773538429

0773538429

OCLC:

669242334