Consciousness
A Very Short Introduction
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ISBN:
9780198794738
Publication date:
16/10/2017
Paperback
168 pages
174x111mm
Price: 350.00 INR
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ISBN:
9780198794738
Publication date:
16/10/2017
Paperback
168 pages
Second Edition Edition
Susan Blackmore
A lively and authoritative introduction to the hot topic of consciousness,A much-needed launch pad for the further exploration of this complicated, controversial, and unresolved issue,Challenges readers to reconsider key concepts such as personality, free will, and the soul,Combines the perspectives of philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience on the subject of consciousness,Considers new research in key areas such as the physiology of altered states of consciousness, and the construction of self in the brain,Part of the Very Short Introductions series - over eight million copies sold worldwide
Rights: OUP UK (INDIAN TERRITORY)
Second Edition Edition
Susan Blackmore
Description
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?
Exciting 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.
ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
About the author
Susan Blackmore, Visiting Professor in Psychology, University of PlymouthSusan Blackmore is a psychologist, writer, and Visiting Professor at the University of Plymouth. Her research ranges through out-of-body experiences and claims of the paranormal to minds, memes, and the mysteries of consciousness and free will. She is a TED lecturer, blogs for the Guardian and Psychology Today, and frequently appears on radio and TV. Her books include The Meme Machine (OUP, 1999), Conversations on Consciousness (OUP, 2005), Zen and the Art of Consciousness (Oneworld Publications, 2011) and Seeing Myself: The New Science of Out-of-body Experiences (Little Brown, 2017).
Second Edition Edition
Susan Blackmore
Table of contents
1:Why the mystery?
2:The human brain
3:Time and space
4:A grand illusion
5:The self
6:Conscious will
7:Altered states of consciousness
8:The evolution of consciousness
References
Further Reading
Index
Second Edition Edition
Susan Blackmore
Description
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?
Exciting 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.
ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
About the author
Susan Blackmore, Visiting Professor in Psychology, University of PlymouthSusan Blackmore is a psychologist, writer, and Visiting Professor at the University of Plymouth. Her research ranges through out-of-body experiences and claims of the paranormal to minds, memes, and the mysteries of consciousness and free will. She is a TED lecturer, blogs for the Guardian and Psychology Today, and frequently appears on radio and TV. Her books include The Meme Machine (OUP, 1999), Conversations on Consciousness (OUP, 2005), Zen and the Art of Consciousness (Oneworld Publications, 2011) and Seeing Myself: The New Science of Out-of-body Experiences (Little Brown, 2017).
Table of contents
1:Why the mystery?
2:The human brain
3:Time and space
4:A grand illusion
5:The self
6:Conscious will
7:Altered states of consciousness
8:The evolution of consciousness
References
Further Reading
Index
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