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Consciousness: An Introduction 2nd Edition
Author(s): Susan Blackmore (Author)
- Publisher: Routledge
- Publication Date: June 25, 2010
- Edition: 2nd
- Language: English
- Print length: 496 pages
- ISBN-10: 144410487X
- ISBN-13: 9781444104875
Book Description
The book examines topics such as how subjective experiences arise from objective brain processes, the basic neuroscience of consciousness, altered states of consciousness, out of body and near death experiences and the effects of drugs, dreams and meditation. It also explores the nature of self, the possibility of artificial consciousness in robots, and the question of whether animals are conscious.
The new edition has been fully revised to include the latest developments in neuroscience, brain scanning techniques, and artificial consciousness and robotics. The new website includes self-assessment exercises, advanced further reading, flashcards and MCQs.
For all those intrigued by what it means to be, to exist, this book could radically transform your understanding of your own consciousness.
Editorial Reviews
Review
“The style of the book lays down a challenge to the reader: to enter perplexity. Any reader carrying out the activities and practices is likely to engage personally with the subject matter in ways that other texts cannot reach.” – Guy Saunders, University of the West of England, The Scientific and Medical Network, No. 83, Winter 03
“One day, all consciousness textbooks will be made this way. Susan Blackmore’s Consciousness: An Introduction is an invaluable addition to the area of consciousness research. It is balanced, scholarly and yet student-friendly: no undergraduate course on consciousness should be without it.” – Greg Davis, Times Higher Education Supplement
