Consciousness and Human Identity - Tapa dura

Cornwell, John

 
9780198503231: Consciousness and Human Identity
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ISBN 10: 0198503237 ISBN 13: 9780198503231
Editorial: Oxford University Press, 1998

Sinopsis

What processes of the brain or the mind can explain the uniquely personal experience we have of smelling a rose, or feeling the pain of toothache, or seeing the point of a newspaper cartoon, or sensing a pang of post-modernist angst in the run up to the Millennium. The phenomenon of human higher-order consciousness - that there is something that it is like for human beings to experience the world - has puzzled philosophers, naturalists and theologians down the ages. Now, somewhat belatedly, consciousness has caught the interest of scientists, some of whom believe they are on the brink of discovering its basis in neurobiological processes. This book, drawing together leading figures from the spheres of science and philosophy, is about the prospects of finding a scientific explanation of consciousness. It also considers how our view of ourselves could be affected by such a scientific explanation. Until recently, the vast complexity of the brain had kept researchers from tackling the thorny topic of consciousness.

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What processes of the brain or the mind can explain the uniquely personal experience we have of smelling a rose, or feeling the pain of toothache, or seeing the point of a newspaper cartoon, or sensing a pang of post-modernist angst in the run up to the Millennium. The phenomenon of human higher-order consciousness - that there is something that it is like for human beings to experience the world - has puzzled philosophers, naturalists and theologians down the ages. Now, somewhat belatedly, consciousness has caught the interest of scientists, some of whom believe they are on the brink of discovering its basis in neurobiological processes. This book, drawing together leading figures from the spheres of science and philosophy, is about the prospects of finding a scientific explanation of consciousness. It also considers how our view of ourselves could be affected by such a scientific explanation. Until recently, the vast complexity of the brain had kept researchers from tackling the thorny topic of consciousness.

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Editorial
Oxford University Press
Año de publicación
1998
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0198503237
ISBN 13 
9780198503231
Encuadernación
Tapa dura
Número de páginas
248
Contacto del fabricante
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