Introducing Consciousness - Couverture souple

Papineau, David

 
9781840466652: Introducing Consciousness
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1840466650 ISBN 13 : 9781840466652
Editeur : Icon Books, 2005

Synopsis

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.

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Éditeur
Icon Books
Date d'édition
2005
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1840466650
ISBN 13 
9781840466652
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
2
Nombre de pages
176
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Personne responsable
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