Consciousness - A Graphic Guide

Zusatztext 'An excellent book' Ted Honderich Informationen zum Autor David Papineau: Professor David Papineau is a Professor of Philosophy at Kings College London.Howard Selina: Howard Selina studied painting at St. Martin's School of Art and the Royal Academy in London, where he now lives and works. He has also illustrated Introducing series titles on Evolution and Consciousness. Klappentext Modern science may have split the atom and solved the mystery of life, but it has yet to explain the source of conscious feelings. Eminent thinkers from many areas of science are turning to this problem, and a wide range of theories are currently on offer. Yet sceptics doubt whether consciousness can be tamed by conventional science, or even can be understood at all.Introducing Consciousness provides a comprehensive guide to the current state of consciousness studies. It starts with the history of the philosophical relation between mind and matter, and proceeds to scientific attempts to explain consciousness in terms of neural mechanisms, cerebral computation and quantum mechanics. Along the way, readers will be introduced to zombies and Chinese Rooms, ghosts in machines and Schrödinger's cat. This is the perfect inauguration in a subject widely viewed as the last frontier of science. Zusammenfassung A guide to the state of consciousness studies. It presents the history of the philosophical relation between mind and matter, and covers the scientific attempts to explain consciousness in terms of neural mechanisms, cerebral computation and quantum mechanics. It also introduces readers to zombies, ghosts in machines and Schrodinger's cat.

Product details

• Authors: Papinea, Davi Papineau, David Papineau, Papineau David, Selina, Howard Selina
• Assisted by: Howard Selina (Illustration), Selina Howard (Illustration)
• Publisher: Icon Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 02.09.2010
• EAN: 9781848311718
• ISBN: 978-1-84831-171-8
• No. of pages: 176
• Dimensions: 120 mm x 170 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Introducing . . .; Introducing...; Graphic Guides
• Subjects: Guides > Health; Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / General, STUDY AIDS / General, PSYCHOLOGY / General, Popular psychology, COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / Nonfiction, Conscious & unconscious, ANF:Psychology, Graphic Guides: Philosophy & Ethics, Graphic Guides: Psychology