Mind-Wandering and Meta-Awareness : A Conversation with Jonathan Schooler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burton, Howard.

Series:

Ideas Roadshow Conversations

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Awareness.

Consciousness.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (49 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Mind-Wandering and Meta-Awareness

Place of Publication:

Toronto : Open Agenda Publishing, 2021.

Summary:

This book is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Jonathan Schooler, Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences at the University of California, Santa Barbara. This wide-ranging conversation examines how mind-wandering can serve as a window into the psychological world of meta-awareness. further topics include the nature of consciousness, mindfulness, creativity, free will, verbal overshadowing and more. This carefully-edited book includes an introduction, Back to the Future, 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. Meta-Beginnings

II. Getting Precise

III. Brain-Wandering?

IV. Creativity

V. Responses

VI. On the Wild Side

VII. Outstanding Issues

Continuing the Conversation.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781771700962

1771700963

OCLC:

1255233617