Brain, Self and Consciousness Explaining the Conspiracy of Experience
This book discusses consciousness from the perspectives of neuroscience, neuropsychiatry and philosophy. The author argues that the central issue in brain studies is to explain the unity, continuity, and adherence of experience, whether it is sensory or mental awareness, phenomenal- or self-consciou...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New Delhi
Springer India
2014, 2014
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2014 |
| Series: | Studies in Neuroscience, Consciousness and Spirituality
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | This book discusses consciousness from the perspectives of neuroscience, neuropsychiatry and philosophy. The author argues that the central issue in brain studies is to explain the unity, continuity, and adherence of experience, whether it is sensory or mental awareness, phenomenal- or self-consciousness. The fascinating discussion that this book presents is: How do the brain and the self create the conspiracy of experience where the physicality of the brain is lost in the subjectivity of the self? |
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| Physical Description: | XI, 214 p online resource |
| ISBN: | 9788132215813 |