"Conversations on Consciousness" is just that - a series of twenty lively and challenging conversations between Sue Blackmore and some of the world's leading philosophers and scientists. Written in a colloquial and engaging style, the book records the conversations Sue had when she me...

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1. Verfasser:	Blackmore, Susan J., 1951-
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Schlagworte:	Consciousness. Philosophers > Interviews. Neuroscientists > Interviews. Consciousness Conscience. Philosophes > Entretiens. Neuroscientifiques > Entretiens. PSYCHOLOGY > Personality. PHILOSOPHY > Mind & Body. Neuroscientists Philosophers Interview interviews. Interviews Interviews.
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Zusammenfassung:	"Conversations on Consciousness" is just that - a series of twenty lively and challenging conversations between Sue Blackmore and some of the world's leading philosophers and scientists. Written in a colloquial and engaging style, the book records the conversations Sue had when she met these influential thinkers, whether at conferences in Arizona or Antwerp, or in their labs or homes in Oxford or San Diego. The conversations bring out their very different personalities and styles and reveal a wealth of fascinating detail about their theories and beliefs. Why is consciousness such a special and difficult issue for twenty-first century science? Sue, herself a researcher into this controversial and difficult topic, begins by asking each of her colleagues this simple question and is immediately plunged into the depths of the debate: how do the subjective experiences we call consciousness arise from the physical brain? Is this even the right question to ask? Can zombies - people who behave outwardly just like others but have no inner mental life - exist? What can dreams tell us about consciousness? Should we all be learning to meditate?; Do we have free will, and if not is it possible to live without it? With an introduction setting out the broad structure of the debate on consciousness, and an extensive glossary, this book provides an engaging and accessible account of the most challenging problem of all, through the words of some of the leading figures involved in seeking to solve it
Beschreibung:	Interviews.
Beschreibung:	1 online resource (vi, 274 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	1423758161 9781423758167 1280762551 9781280762550 9786610762552 6610762554 9780192806239 0192806238 9780191539626 0191539627