The Limits of Consciousness : A Conversation with Martin Monti.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burton, Howard.

Series:

Ideas Roadshow Conversations

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conscience.

Consciousness.

Monti, Martin Max, 1978-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (53 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Ideas Roadshow Conversations

Place of Publication:

Toronto : Open Agenda Publishing, 2020.

Summary:

This book is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Martin Monti, Associate Professor in Psychology and Neurosurgery, Brain Injury Research Centre, UCLA. This wide-ranging conversation examines Martin Monti's innovative work with patients who are in a vegetative state or minimally conscious state which has led to some surprising results which might well prove to be integral to our development of a deeper understanding of consciousness.This carefully-edited book includes an introduction, The Collective Unconscious, and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter. Howard Burton was the Founding Director of Canada's Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. He holds a PhD in theoretical physics and an MA in philosophy. This book is part of an expanding series of 100+ Ideas Roadshow conversations, each one presenting a wealth of candid insights from a leading expert in a focused yet informal setting to provide a uniquely accessible window into frontline research and scholarship that wouldn't otherwise be encountered through standard lectures and textbooks.

Contents:

Intro

A Note on the Text

Introduction

The Conversation

I. Dualism and Science Journalism

II. Inside The Other

III. The Vegetative State

IV. Probing Vegetative States

V. Beyond Reflex

VI. Assessing Consciousness

VII. Extracting Information

VIII. Quantifying Consciousness

IX. Interdisciplinary Interlude

X. Language and Thought

XI. Structural Similarities?

XII. What Makes Us Human

Continuing the Conversation.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781771700764

1771700769

OCLC:

1250082908