Consciousness. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Rita Carter.
• Other Names: Carter, Rita, 1949-
• Contents: 1. A stream of illusion: Vision: the grand illusion / J. Kevin O'Regan. The higher-order thought model of consciousness / David Rosenthal -- 2. the hard problem: Facing up to consciousness / David Chalmers. Facing backwards on the problems of consciousness / Daniel Dennett. Solving the hard problem: naturally / John Searle. A quantum description of mind / Andrew Duggins -- 3. The old steam whistle test: The making of mind / Nicholas Humphrey -- 4. Making consciousness -- 5. Consciousness and the brain: The network mind / John Skoyles -- 6. The conscious body: What do robots think about? / Igor Aleksander and Rita Carter. The primordial self / Jaak Panksepp -- 7. The conscious self: Ownership and agency / Chris Frith. Predicting the present / Jeffrey Gray. Merne machines and consciousness / Susan Blackmore -- 8. Fractured consciousness -- 9. A conscious universe?: Quantum minds / Stuart Hameroff and Alwyn Scott. A stream of illusion (Vision, the grand illusion ; The higher-order thought model of consciousness) -- The hard problem (Facing up to consciousness ; Facing backwards on the problem of consciousness ; Solving the hard problem ; A quantum description of mind) -- The old steam whistle test (The making of mind) -- Making consciousation -- Consciousness and the brain (The network mind) -- The conscious body (What do robbots think about? ; The primordial self) -- The conscious self (Ownership and agency ; Predicting the present ; Meme machines and consciousness) -- Fractured consciousness -- A conscious universe? (Quantum minds)
• Publisher Details: London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
• Publication Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource (320 pages)
• Subjects: 153; Biology, life sciences; Consciousness; Consciousness -- physiology; Brain -- physiology; Consciousness; Conscience; Consciousness; SCIENCE -- General
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781780225562; 1780225563
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