Consciousness. A very short introduction. / Susan Blackmore.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blackmore, Susan J., 1951- author.

Series:

Very short introductions ; 121.

Very Short Introductions ; 121

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Consciousness.

Physical Description:

xvi, 152 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.

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? 00Exciting 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. 00.

Contents:

1 Why the mystery? 1

2 The human brain 17

3 Time and space 34

4 A grand illusion 51

5 The self 67

6 Conscious will 83

7 Altered states of consciousness 100

8 The evolution of consciousness 117.

Notes:

First edition published 2005.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780198794738

0198794738

OCLC:

981601140

Publisher Number:

99974970120