Consciousness : an introduction / Susan Blackmore.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blackmore, Susan J., 1951- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Consciousness.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (555 p.)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Is there a theory that explains the essence of consciousness? Or is consciousness itself just an illusion? The 'last great mystery of science', consciousness is a topic that was banned from serious research for most of the last century, but is now an area of increasing popular interest, as well as a rapidly expanding area of study for students of psychology, philosophy and neuroscience. This ground-breaking textbook by best-selling author Susan Blackmore was the first of its kind to bring together all the major theories of consciousness studies, from those based on neuroscience to those based

Contents:

Cover; Book title; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Section One: The problem; Section Two: The world; Section Three: The self; Section Four: The brain; Section Five: Evolution; Section Six: Artificial consciousness; Section Seven: Borderlands; Section Eight: Altered states of consciousness; Section Nine: First-person approaches; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 5, 2017).

ISBN:

0-203-78398-0

1-282-91461-8

9786612914614

1-4441-2827-2

9780203783986

OCLC:

694738893