Introducing Consciousness by David Papineau
Introducing Consciousness provides a comprehensive guide to the current state of consciousness studies. Modern science may have split the atom and solved the mystery of life, but it has yet to explain the source of conscious feelings. Eminent thinkers from many areas of science are turning to this problem, and a wide range of theories are currently on offer. Yet sceptics doubt whether consciousness can be tamed by conventional science, or even can be understood at all. Introducing Consciousness starts with the history of the philosophical relation between mind and matter, and proceeds to scientific attempts to explain consciousness in terms of neural mechanisms, cerebral computation and quantum mechanics. Along the way, readers will be introduced to zombies and Chinese Rooms, ghosts in machines and Schrodinger's cat. This is the perfect inauguration in a subject widely viewed as the last frontier of science.
Dylan Evans: Dylan Evans is Senior Lecturer in Intelligent Autonomous Systems at the University of the West of England. Howard Selina: Howard Selina studied painting at St. Martin's School of Art and the Royal Academy in London, where he now lives and works. He has also illustrated Introducing series titles on Evolution and Consciousness.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781840466652 |
| ISBN 10 | 1840466650 |
| Title | Introducing Consciousness |
| Author | David Papineau |
| Series | Introducing |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Icon Books |
| Year published | 2005-09-01 |
| Number of pages | 176 |
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