Seeing Red - A Study in Consiousness

Informationen zum Autor Nicholas Humphrey is School Professor in the Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science at the London School of Economics. Klappentext Beginning with the seemingly simple act of seeing red, the fact of a conscious sensation, this brilliantly unsettling essay by a writer on human intelligence builds toward an explanation of why consciousness matters--why, in short, it makes compelling evolutionary sense. Zusammenfassung Humphries offers an explanation of why consciousness makes compelling evolutionary sense. From sensations that probably began in bodily expression to evolutionary advantages of a conscious self, he tracks the “hard problem” of consciousness to its source and its solution, one in which the very hardness of the problem may make all the difference.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Nicholas Humphrey, Nicolas Humphrey
• Editore: Belknap press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 13.11.2008
• EAN: 9780674030541
• ISBN: 978-0-674-03054-1
• Dimensioni: 128 mm x 170 mm x 15 mm
• Serie: Mind/Brain/Behavior Initiative; Mind/Brain/Behavior Initiative
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Filosofia; PHILOSOPHY / General, Philosophy, PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, Psychology: states of consciousness, States Of Consciousness