Consciousness : an introduction

Blackmore, Susan J. 1951- (Author).

Record details

ISBN: 0195153421 (alk. paper)
ISBN: 019515343X (pbk. : alk. paper)
Physical Description: print
xi, 460 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [415]-442) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

What's the problem? -- What is it like to be? -- What does consciousness do? -- Attention and timing -- The theater of the mind -- The grand illusion -- Egos, bundles and multiple selves -- Theories of self -- Agency and free will -- The evolution of consciousness -- The function of consciousness -- Animal minds -- Minds and machines -- Could a machine be conscious? -- How to build a conscious machine -- The neural correlates of consciousness -- The unity of consciousness -- Damaged brains -- Unconscious processing -- The paranormal -- Reality and imagination -- Drugs and altered states -- Sleep, dreams, and hypnotic states -- Exceptional human experience -- The view from within -- Meditation and mindfulness -- Buddhism and consciousness.