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  Introducing Consciousness: A Graphic Guide (Introducing (Totem Books)) (Paperback) By (author) David Papineau, Illustrated by Howard Selina

  

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  Short Description for Introducing ConsciousnessA 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.
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  • Publisher: Icon Books Ltd
  • Published: 21 December 2010
  • Format: Paperback 176 pages
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  • Categories: Conscious & Unconscious | Philosophy Of Mind | Popular Psychology
  • ISBN 13: 9781848311718 ISBN 10: 1848311710
  • Sales rank: 56,726

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• "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 Schrodinger's cat.