Consciousness is our gateway to experience: it enables us to recognize Van Gogh & rsquo; s starry skies, be enraptured by Beethoven & rsquo; s Fifth, and stand in awe of a snowcapped mountain. Yet consciousness is subjective, personal, and famously difficult to examine: philosop…
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Conceptual conundrums of consciousness: philosophy -- A brief history of the brain: evolution and the science of thought -- The tip of the iceberg: unconscious contents -- The brain's experience of a rose: neuroscience of awareness -- Being bird-brained is not an insult: uncover…
Consciousness is our gateway to experience: it enables us to recognize Van Gogh & rsquo;s starry skies, be enraptured by Beethoven & rsquo;s Fifth, and stand in awe of a snowcapped mountain. Yet consciousness is subjective, personal, and famously difficult to examine: philosophe…
A brash young neuroscientist presents his solution to biology's toughest question: what is consciousness?
This book explains how humans can have the impression of consciously feeling things: for example the red of a sunset, the smell of a rose, the sound of a symphony, or a pain. It starts by looking at visual perception. Seeing is not passively receiving information in the brain, b…
This work proposes a novel view to explain how we as humans can have the impression of consciously feeling things: for example the red of a sunset, the smell of a rose, the sound of a symphony, or a pain.
This work proposes a novel view to explain how we as humans can have the impression of consciously feeling things: for example the red of a sunset, the smell of a rose, the sound of a symphony, or a pain.
The catastrophe of the eye -- A new view of seeing -- Applying the new view of seeing -- The illusion of seeing everything -- Some contentious points -- Towards consciousness -- Types of consciousness -- Phenomenal consciousness, raw feel, and why they're hard -- Squeeze a spong…
This work proposes a novel view to explain how we as humans can have the impression of consciously feeling things: for example the red of a sunset, the smell of a rose, the sound of a symphony, or a pain.
This book explains how humans can have the impression of consciously feeling things: for example the red of a sunset, the smell of a rose, the sound of a symphony, or a pain. It starts by looking at visual perception. Seeing is not passively receiving information in the brain, b…
