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Consciousness - A User's Guide (Paperback, New Ed)
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Consciousness - A User's Guide (Paperback, New Ed)
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A fascinating exploration of the nature of consciousness This
engaging and readable book provides an introduction to
consciousness that does justice both to the science and to the
philosophy of consciousness, that is, the mechanics of the mind and
the experience of awareness. The book opens with a general
discussion of the brain and of consciousness itself. Then,
exploring the areas of brain science most likely to illuminate the
basis of awareness, Zeman focuses on the science of sleep and
waking and on the science of vision. He describes healthy states
and disorders-epilepsy, narcolepsy, blindsight and hallucinations
after stroke-that provide insights into the capacity for
consciousness and into its contents. And he tracks the evolution of
the brain, the human species, and human culture and surveys the
main current scientific theories of awareness, pioneering attempts
to explain how the brain gives rise to experience. Zeman concludes
by examining philosophical arguments about the nature of
consciousness. A practicing neurologist, he animates his text with
examples from the behavioral and neurological disorders of his
patients and from the expanding mental worlds of young children,
including his own. His book is an accessible and enlightening
explanation of why we are conscious.
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