The World Behind the World - Consciousness, Free Will, and the Limits of Science

From Dr. Erik Hoel, named one of the Forbes 30 Under 30 in science, The World Behind the World delves into the quest for a theory of consciousness that will trigger a paradigm shift in neuroscience and beyond.

About the author

Dr. Erik Hoel is one of the Forbes 30 Under 30 in science and also a New York City Emerging Writers Fellow. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic, The Baffler, and The Daily Beast, among many others, and his essays and short stories have won numerous awards, from getting first place in the Writer’s Digest Annual Fiction Award to being included as a notable essay in the 2017 Best American Essays Collection. Erik received his PhD in neuroscience at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, was a postdoctoral researcher at Columbia University, has held a visiting scholarship at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, and is now a research professor at Tufts University where he studies consciousness and emergence. Originally, he grew up in his mother’s independent bookstore, The Jabberwocky, where he worked as a teenager, and is a lifelong writer and book lover. He runs a popular Substack, The Intrinsic Perspective, and lives on Cape Cod in Massachusetts.

Summary

From Dr. Erik Hoel, named one of the Forbes 30 Under 30 in science, The World Behind the World delves into the quest for a theory of consciousness that will trigger a paradigm shift in neuroscience and beyond.

Product details

• Authors: Erik Hoel, Erik Hoel
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.09.2024
• EAN: 9781982159399
• ISBN: 978-1-982159-39-9
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 213 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 197 g
• Illustrations: 19 b&w illus t-o
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Neuroscience, PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, SCIENCE / Cognitive Science, Physiological & neuro-psychology, biopsychology, Cognition & cognitive psychology, Neurosciences, Physiological and neuro-psychology, biopsychology, Cognition and cognitive psychology, Cognitive studies, Cognitive Science