Consciousness : an introduction / / Susan Blackmore

• Autore: Blackmore Susan J. <1951->
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013
• Edizione: Second edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (555 p.)
• Disciplina: 153
• Soggetto topico: Consciousness
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Consciousness
• ISBN: 0-203-78398-0; 1-282-91461-8; 9786612914614; 1-4441-2827-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910960366603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II