The Man in My Head Has Lost His Mind (What is Consciousness?)

The Man in My Head Has Lost His Mind (What is Consciousness?)

Carter Blakelaw

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Editorial:
The Logic of Dreams
Año de edición:
2023
ISBN:
9798231170166
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What makes us conscious? In this eminently readable, thought-provoking text Carter Blakelaw starts by pinning down the essential features of our personal, conscious experience, and examines what purpose is served by our being conscious.Then, reasoning from what he has established must be true about being conscious, he goes on to describe a mechanism and process that would experience the world in the same way that we experience the world and which, whenever and wherever reproduced, would itself be conscious.Table of ContentsIntroduction1. A Poodle Ate My Homework2. Life Is a Comic Strip3. How Do You Explain Anything?4. As Time Goes By (A Kiss Is Just a Kiss)5. This See, Is the Conscious Bit6. Qualia, the Possible and a Particle7. Evolution and Free Will8. The Good, the Bad and the Choosy9. Finally, Making It All WorkA must-read for the curious-minded so read on...

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