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UNINA9910960366603321 |
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Autore |
Blackmore Susan J. <1951-> |
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Titolo |
Consciousness : an introduction / / Susan Blackmore |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
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ISBN |
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0-203-78398-0 |
1-282-91461-8 |
9786612914614 |
1-4441-2827-2 |
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Edizione |
[Second edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (555 p.) |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Book title; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Section One: The problem; Section Two: The world; Section Three: The self; Section Four: The brain; Section Five: Evolution; Section Six: Artificial consciousness; Section Seven: Borderlands; Section Eight: Altered states of consciousness; Section Nine: First-person approaches; References; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Is there a theory that explains the essence of consciousness? Or is consciousness itself just an illusion? The 'last great mystery of science', consciousness is a topic that was banned from serious research for most of the last century, but is now an area of increasing popular interest, as well as a rapidly expanding area of study for students of psychology, philosophy and neuroscience. This ground-breaking textbook by best-selling author Susan Blackmore was the first of its kind to bring together all the major theories of consciousness studies, from those based on neuroscience to those based |
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