Susan Blackmore

Broschiertes Buch

Consciousness: A Very Short Introduction

Beschreibung

Some of our most burning questions surround consciousness: What creates our identity? Do we really have free will? Is consciousness itself an illusion? The rapid rate of developments in brain science continues to open up debate on these issues. This book clarifies the complex arguments and illuminates the major theories on consciousness.

Autor

Susan Blackmore is a psychologist, writer, and Visiting Professor at the University of Plymouth. Her research ranges through out-of-body experiences and claims of the paranormal to minds, memes, and the mysteries of consciousness and free will. She is a TED lecturer, blogs for the Guardian and Psychology Today, and frequently appears on radio and TV. Her books include The Meme Machine (OUP, 1999), Conversations on Consciousness (OUP, 2005), Zen and the Art of Consciousness (Oneworld Publications, 2011) and Seeing Myself: The New Science of Out-of-body Experiences (Little Brown, 2017).

Produktdetails

• Very Short Introductions
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• 2nd rev. ed.
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Oktober 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 174mm x 113mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 130g
• ISBN-13: 9780198794738
• ISBN-10: 0198794738
• Artikelnr.: 48024248

Rezensionen

Fascinating. Jonathan Cowie, Science Fact & Science Fiction Concatenation