Who was Mrs. Willett? : landscapes and dynamics of mind / Christ Nunn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nunn, Chris.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Consciousness.

Mediums.

Spiritualists.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (246 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Exceter [England] ; Charlottesville, Va. : Imprint Academic, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Here is an account of mentality and human experience, written for a multi-disciplinary readership. The focus is on how mind, consciousness and selves inter-relate, extending into exploration of ideas about the nature of awareness and a search for relevant evidence.'Consciousness studies' has reached something of a crossroads nowadays. Computational approaches to mind and 'quantum consciousness' theories, have not lived up to early hopes. Neuroscience has made huge strides in the last few y...

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Front matter

Title page

Copyright page

Acknowledgements

Body matter

Introduction

1: Of Spooks and the Gentry

2: What Size Tells Us

3: Picturing Mentality

4: The Boundaries of Mind

5: Turning on the Lights

6: The Shape of Consciousness?

7: Of Matter, Laws and Time

8: The Wilder Shores of Experience

9: Making Sense of 'Mrs Willett'

10: The End of Time?

Back matter

Bibliography

Also available.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-84540-412-2

1-84540-413-0

OCLC:

845257921