Understanding Consciousness
Published on 30. March 2000
Book
Hardback
320 pages
978-0-415-18655-1 (ISBN)
Description
First published in 2009. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Weight
454 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-18655-1 (9780415186551)
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Understanding Consciousness
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Person
Max Velmans is currently Emeritus Professor of Psychology at Goldsmiths, University of London, Visiting Professor of Consciousness Studies at the University of Plymouth. He has been researching, writing and teaching consciousness studies for over 30 years and has over 90 publications in this area.
Content
Part 1: Mind-Body Theories and Their Problems. What Is Consciousness? Is There a Conscious Soul in the Brain? Are Mind and Matter the Same Thing? Are Mind and Consciousness Just Activities? Could Robots Be Conscious? Part 2: A New Analysis: How to Marry Science with Experience. Conscious Phenomenology and Common Sense. Experiences Worlds, the World Described By Physics, and the Thing Itself. Subjective, Intersubjective, and Objectice Science. Consciousness, Brains, and Human Information Processing. Part 3: A New Synthesis - Reflexive Monism. What Consciousness Is. What Consciousness Does. Self-consciousness In a Reflexive Universe. References. Index.