Consciousness explained

By:

Dennett, Daniel C

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Penguin London 1993Description: xiii, 511 pISBN:

9780140128673

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

126 DEN

Summary: Daniel C. Dennett's now-classic book blends philosophy, psychology and neuroscience - with the aid of numerous examples and thought-experiments - to explore how consciousness has evolved, and how a modern understanding of the human mind is radically different from conventional explanations of consciousness. What people think of as the stream of consciousness is not a single, unified sequence, the author argues, but 'multiple drafts' of reality composed by a computer-like 'virtual machine'. Dennett explains how science has exploded the classic mysteries of consciousness: the nature of introspection, the self or ego and its relation to thoughts and sensations, the problems posed by qualia, and the level of consciousness of non-human creatures. (https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/12906/consciousness-explained-by-daniel-c-dennett-illus-paul-weiner/9780140128673)

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Book	Indian Institute of Management LRC General Stacks	Human Resource and Organization Behvaiour	126 DEN (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		006373

Daniel C. Dennett's now-classic book blends philosophy, psychology and neuroscience - with the aid of numerous examples and thought-experiments - to explore how consciousness has evolved, and how a modern understanding of the human mind is radically different from conventional explanations of consciousness.

What people think of as the stream of consciousness is not a single, unified sequence, the author argues, but 'multiple drafts' of reality composed by a computer-like 'virtual machine'. Dennett explains how science has exploded the classic mysteries of consciousness: the nature of introspection, the self or ego and its relation to thoughts and sensations, the problems posed by qualia, and the level of consciousness of non-human creatures.

(https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/12906/consciousness-explained-by-daniel-c-dennett-illus-paul-weiner/9780140128673)

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