Consciousness: A Very Short Introduction
ISBN13: 9780192805850ISBN10: 0192805851
Paperback, 146 pages
May 2005,
In Stock
Retail Price to Students:
$11.95 (03)
146 pages;
4 halftones, 21 line illus.;
ISBN13: 978-0-19-280585-0ISBN10: 0-19-280585-1
This Very Short Introduction clarifies the potentially confusing arguments regarding consciousness and clearly describes the major theories of consciousness. It challenges readers to reconsider key concepts such as personality, free will, and the soul. Topics include vision and attention, theories of self, experiments on action and awareness, altered states of consciousness, and the effects of brain damage and drugs.
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
