Our subjective inner life is what really matters to us as human
beings--and yet we know relatively little about how it arises. Over
a long and distinguished career Benjamin Libet has conducted
experiments that have helped us see, in clear and concrete ways,
how the brain produces conscious awareness. For the first time,
Libet gives his own account of these experiments and their
importance for our understanding of consciousness.
Most notably, Libet's experiments reveal a substantial
delay--the "mind time" of the title--before any awareness affects
how we view our mental activities. If all conscious awarenesses are
preceded by unconscious processes, as Libet observes, we are forced
to conclude that unconscious processes initiate our conscious
experiences. Freely voluntary acts are found to be initiated
unconsciously before an awareness of wanting to act--a discovery
with profound ramifications for our understanding of free will.
How do the physical activities of billions of cerebral nerve
cells give rise to an integrated conscious subjective awareness?
How can the subjective mind affect or control voluntary actions?
Libet considers these questions, as well as the implications of his
discoveries for the nature of the soul, the identity of the person,
and the relation of the non-physical subjective mind to the
physical brain that produces it. Rendered in clear, accessible
language, Libet's experiments and theories will allow interested
amateurs and experts alike to share the experience of the
extraordinary discoveries made in the practical study of
consciousness.
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