"For any reader wanting to find out how the philosophical debates between dualistic and identity theories and a variety of intermediate positions have unfolded over the last decades ... this book is a perfect starting point. ... This book makes clear that there is a great deal of opportunity for philosophers, neuroscientists and clinicians to learn from each other when discussing disorders of consciousness, dissociative states or the alterations of qualia ... associated with synaesthesia or hallucinatory experiences." (David E. J. Linden, Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, Vol. 20 (5), 2015)
Part 1. Philosophical Theories of Consciousness: David Chalmers.- Paul and Patricia Churchland.- Tim Crane.- Donald Davidson.- Daniel Dennett.- Rene Descartes.- Jerry Fodor.- Jaegwon Kim.- William Lycan.- Collin McGinn.- Thomas Nagel.- Alva Noe.- Hilary Putnam.- David Rosenthal.- John Searle.- Part 2. Scientific Theories of Consciousness: Bernard Baars.- Francis Crick and Christof Koch.- Antonio Damasio.- Stanislas Dehaene.- Merlin Donald.- John Eccles and Karl Popper.- Gerald Edelman.- Nicholas Humphrey.- Julian Jaynes.- Benjamin Libet.- John Kevin O'Regan.- Roger Penrose and Stuart Hameroff.- Giulio Tononi.- Max Velmans.- Semir Zeki.