David Papineau and Howard Selina ; edited by Richard Appignanesi.
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Thriplow :
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Icon,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2005.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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1 online resource (176 pages) :
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illustrations.
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Introducing
GENERAL NOTES
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Originally published: Cambridge: Icon, 2000.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Preliminaries; Introducing Consciousness; Index.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Modern science may have split the atom and solved the mystery of life, but it has yet to explain the source of conscious feelings. Eminent thinkers from many areas of science are turning to this problem, and a wide range of theories are currently on offer. Yet sceptics doubt whether consciousness can be tamed by conventional science, or even can be understood at all. Introducing Consciousness provides a comprehensive guide to the current state of consciousness studies. It starts with the history of the philosophical relation between mind and matter, and proceeds to scientific attempts to exp.