Blackwell Companion to Consciousness - Velmans; Schneider
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The Blackwell Companion to Consciousness is the most thorough and comprehensive survey of contemporary scientific research and philosophical thought on consciousness currently available. Its 55 newly commissioned, peer-reviewed chapters combine state-of-the-art surveys with cutting-edge research. Taken as a whole, these essays by leading lights in the philosophy and science of consciousness create an engaging dialogue and unparalleled source of information regarding this most fascinating and mysterious subject.

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The Blackwell Companion to Consciousness is the most thorough and comprehensive survey of contemporary scientific research and philosophical thought on consciousness currently available. Its 55 newly commissioned, peer-reviewed chapters combine state-of-the-art surveys with cutting-edge research. Taken as a whole, these essays by leading lights in the philosophy and science of consciousness create an engaging dialogue and unparalleled source of information regarding this most fascinating and mysterious subject.
Autorenporträt
Max Velmans has a Personal Chair in Psychology at the University of London and is currently Emeritus Professor at Goldsmiths College. He has around 80 publications on consciousness including Understanding Consciousness (2000), which was shortlisted for the British Psychological Society book of the year award in 2001 and 2002. Other publications include The Science of Consciousness: Psychological, Neuropsychological and Clinical Reviews (1996), Investigating Phenomenal Consciousness: New Methodologies and Maps (2000), and How Could Conscious Experiences Affect Brains? (2003). He was a co-founder and, from 2004 to 2006, Chair of the Consciousness and Experiential Psychology Section of the British Psychological Society. Susan Schneider is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania. She focuses on issues involving the philosophy of cognitive science and, in particular, the plausibility of computational theories of mind and theoretical issues in artificial intelligence. She also has authored numerous articles in metaphysics. Editorial Board: Science of Consciousness: Jeffrey Gray, John Kihlstrom, Phil Merikle, Stevan Harnad Philosophy of Consciousness: Ned Block, David Chalmers, Jose Bermudez, Brian McLaughlin, George Graham
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"This outstanding collection of new essays, many by majorfigures, covers virtually every important topic in current researchon consciousness, often in illuminating depth. Nobody interested incurrent thinking about consciousness will want to be without thisvolume."
David M. Rosenthal, City University of New York, GraduateCenter

"The list of contributors reads like a roll-call of the bestmodern studies of consciousness: they have contributed some of thebest philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience of consciousness. Thechapters of this companion show that consciousness has moved onfrom being a set of interesting problems towards being a topic ofsystematic, interdisciplinary scientificinvestigation."
Patrick Haggard, University College London

"An absolutely indispensable resource for anyoneinterested in the study of consciousness. The major philosophicalpositions and controversies and all the latest scientific researchare surveyed in 55 accessible, yet in-depth, essays."
Robert Kane, University of Texas at Austin

"This is an outstanding book that anyone interested inconsciousness really needs to read and absorb."
The Psychologist

"A valuable record of some of the best contempory thinking onconsciousness."
The Journal of Consciousness Studies