Brain, self and consciousness : explaining the conspiracy of experience /
This book discusses consciousness from the perspectives of neuroscience, neuropsychiatry and philosophy. It develops a novel approach in consciousness studies by charting the pathways in which the brain challenges the self and the self challenges the brain. The author argues that the central issue i...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New Delhi :
Springer,
2014.
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| Series: | Studies in neuroscience, consciousness and spirituality.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | This book discusses consciousness from the perspectives of neuroscience, neuropsychiatry and philosophy. It develops a novel approach in consciousness studies by charting the pathways in which the brain challenges the self and the self challenges the brain. 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. To address such a unity is to understand mutual challenges that the brain and the self pose for each other. The fascinating discussion that this book presents is: How do the brain and self create the conspiracy of experience where the physicality of the brain is lost in the subjectivity of the self? |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (218 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9788132215813 (electronic bk.) 8132215818 (electronic bk.) |