Beschreibung:
Now in its fourth edition, this highly popular text is the definitive introduction to consciousness, exploring the key theories and evidence in consciousness studies ranging from neuroscience and psychology to quantum theories and philosophy.
Introduction Section One: The Problem 1. What's the problem? 2. What is it like to be ...? 3. The grand illusion Section Two: The Brain 4. Neuroscience and the correlates of consciousness 5. The theatre of the mind 6. The unity of consciousness Section Three: Mind and Action 7. Attention 8. Conscious and unconscious 9. Agency and free will Section Four: Evolution 10. Evolution and animal minds 11. The function of consciousness 12. The evolution of machines Section Five: Borderlands 13. Altered states of consciousness 14. Reality and imagination 15. Dreaming and beyond Section Six: Self and Other 16. Egos, bundles, and theories of self 17. The view from within? 18. Waking up