Screen LibraryConsciousness explained /
Advances a new theory of consciousness based on insights gleaned from the fields of neuroscience, psychology, and artificial intelligence, and clears away obsolete myths about the process of thinking in conscious beings.
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| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Advances a new theory of consciousness based on insights gleaned from the fields of neuroscience, psychology, and artificial intelligence, and clears away obsolete myths about the process of thinking in conscious beings. |
| Carrier Form: | xiii, 511 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 469-491) and index. |
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9780316180665 (pbk.) 0316180653 9780316180658 0316180661 (pbk.) |
| Index Number: | B105 |
| CLC: | B022 |
| Call Number: | B022/D399 |
| Contents: | Prelude: how are hallucinations possible? -- Explaining consciousness -- A visit to the phenomenological garden -- A method for phenomenology -- Multiple drafts versus the Cartesian Theater -- Time and experience -- The evolution of consciousness -- How words do things with us -- The architecture of the human mind -- Show and tell -- Dismantling the witness protection program -- Qualia disqualified -- The reality of selves -- Consciousness imagined. |