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Consciousness : a very short introduction /
Consciousness, 'the last great mystery for science', has now become a hot topic. How can a physical brain create our experience of the world? What creates our identity? Do we really have free will? Could consciousness itself be an illusion? Exciting new developments in brain science are o...
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| Format: | Printed Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford, UK ; New York, N.Y. :
Oxford University Press,
c2005.
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| Online Access: | http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip054/2004027966.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0638/2004027966-d.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0724/2004027966-b.html |
Table of Contents:
- Why the mystery?
- The human brain
- Time and space
- A grand illusion
- The self
- Conscious will
- Altered states of consciousness
- The evolution of consciousness.