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Informationen zum Autor BRIAN LES LANCASTER is Professor of Transpersonal Psychology at Liverpool John Moores University, UK. Klappentext Consciousness and the relation between mind and brain are topics of contentious debate, and increasing interest amongst both academics and students of psychology. In this text, Lancaster takes a refreshingly balanced look at consciousness, bringing in approaches from neuroscience, cognitive science, depth psychology, philosophy and mysticism. With a distinctive "transpersonal" orientation, this text will be an invaluable authoritative overview of this subject, integrating scholarship and research from diverse areas. Zusammenfassung Consciousness, and the relation between mind and brain, is a topic of contentious debate, and increasing interest amongst both academics and students of psychology. In this text, Lancaster takes a refreshingly balanced look at consciousness, bringing in approaches from neuroscience, cognitive science, depth psychology, philosophy and mysticism. With a distinctive 'transpersonal' orientation, this text will be an invaluable authoritative overview of this subject, integrating scholarship and research from diverse areas. Inhaltsverzeichnis PART ONE: TOWARDS A UNITARY DISCIPLINE OF CONSCIOUSNESS STUDIES Preface The Big Picture A Common Purpose? PART TWO: APPROACHES TO CONSCIOUSNESS Spiritual and Mystical: Approaches: 1. Towards Emptiness Neurophysiological Approaches Cognitive and Neuropsychological Approaches The Approach of Depth Psychology Spiritual and Mystical Approaches: 2. Towards Fullness PART THREE: BEYOND WITHIN Together Again References.
