Consciousness : a very short introduction / Susan Blackmore.
Consciousness : a very short introduction / Susan Blackmore.
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Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Date
2005.
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N128/111
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English
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Physical content
146 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Contents
1. Why the mystery? -- 2. The human brain -- 3. Time and space -- 4. A grand illusion -- 5. The self -- 6. Conscious will -- 7. Altered states of consciousness -- 8. The evolution of consciousness.
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Publisher
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2005.
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England
Date Published
2005.
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Summary
"'The last great mystery for science', consciousness has now become a hot topic, and exciting new developments in brain science have opened the field to biologists, neuroscientists, psychologists, and philosophers. This introduction to the subject considers whether we really have free will and what creates our sense of self, and explores some of th...
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Consciousness : a very short introduction / Susan Blackmore.
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Very short introductions.
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references : p. 135-140.
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Other version (online)
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N128/111
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74VKqKe0alQX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKqKe0alQX
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ISBN
0192805851 :
9780192805850 (alk. paper)
0192805851 (alk. paper)
9780192805850 :
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153
MMS ID
991020216339702626
