| Reviews |
| - 'A great read for someone studying, or itnerested in the study of consciousness.' - BBC Mindgames
- 'Blackmore herself comes across as spunky and clever, and the probing follow-up questions she occasionally asks prevent the interviews from seeming too repetitive and boring.' - Nature
- '"the book provides a very efficient overview of contemporary strands of thinking about its subject."' - Steven Poole, The Guardian
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| Description | | - Tackles central questions such as: What is consciousness? How does neuron activity produce our rich experience of the world? Do we have free will?
- Includes thought-provoking discussions with Daniel Dennett, John Searle, David Chalmers, V. Ramachandran, Francis Crick (in his last interview) and Roger Penrose, amongst others.
- Provides an accessible and readable introduction to their ideas, and to the central scientific and philosophical challenges involved in understanding the nature of mind.
- A personal, conversational read, with text enhanced by specially commissioned caricatures.
| | A delightful collection of interviews with 20 famous names in the study of consciousness. Sue Blackmore, herself a writer on consciousness, engages in conversation with each of these very different personalities, drawing out their views on the nature of the mind, on how what goes on in the network of neurons in the brain produces our vivid experiences, and whether we have free will. The
collection includes interviews with such well-known names as Daniel Dennett, John Searle, David Chalmers, Francis Crick (the last interview he gave), V. Ramachandran, Roger Penrose, Richard Gregory, and Susan Greenfield. The interviews are conducted in an informal but focused style, bringing out the personality of each interviewee, and giving the reader a very accessible and readable introduction
to their ideas, and to the central scientific and philosophical challenges involved in understanding the nature of mind and consciousness. |
Readership: Readers of popular science, psychology, and philosophy, especially those interested in mind and consciousness. Students of philosophy and psychology.
| Contents |
1.
Introduction
2.
Bernard Baars
3.
Ned Block
4.
David Chalmers
5.
The Churchlands
6.
Francis Crick
7.
Daniel Dennett
8.
Susan Greenfield
9.
Richard Gregory
10.
Stuart Hameroff
11.
Christof Koch
12.
Stephen LaBerge
13.
Thomas Metzinger
14.
Roger Penrose
15.
Kevin O'Regan
16.
Vilayanur Ramachandran
17.
John Searle
18.
Petra Stoerig
19.
Francisco Varela
20.
Max Velmans
21.
Daniel Wegner
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
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| Authors, editors,
and contributors |
Susan Blackmore, Freelance writer, lecturer and broadcaster
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