Consciousness

A Guide to the Debates

By:

Anthony Freeman

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Hardback

Series:

Controversies in Science

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An exciting and up-to-the-minute introduction to consciousness research and its applications to our waking and sleeping moments. Science now debates great consciousness puzzles such as chess-playing computers, dream states, and optical illusions. Opposing theorists ponder if a red sunset exists in the sky or in the head and why feelings affect thinking. Can objective science study subjective experience? Once philosophical, consciousness is now an exciting science. Author Anthony Freeman, managing editor of the Journal of Consciousness Studies, opens Consciousness with a history of mind study, and ends with a review of multidisciplinary cognitive science. Between, it's a wild ride of conflicting theories on the working of the brain and up-to-the-minute research. "Seeing" vs. "believing", mind/body connections, zombies, and assembly line robots are just the beginning. Even chaos theory and quantum physics are relevant, with opposing approaches inciting disciplinary battles. This illustrated and accessible volume profiles key researchers like Wilder Penfield, who chatted with his conscious sister while removing a tumor from her brain.

Author Biography:

Anthony Freeman is managing editor of the Journal of Consciousness Studies.

Release date Australia

October 10th, 2003

Author

Anthony Freeman

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Illustrations

33 bw illus

Interest Age

From 7 to 17 years

Pages

352

Series

Controversies in Science

Dimensions

178x254x25

ISBN-13

9781576077917

Product ID

11891798

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