Consciousness

A User’s Guide

Adam Zeman

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Yale University
10 September 2004

Philosophy; Conscious & unconscious; Popular science; Popular psychology

A fascinating exploration of the nature of consciousness

This engaging and readable book provides an introduction to consciousness that does justice both to the science and to the philosophy of consciousness, that is, the mechanics of the mind and the experience of awareness. The book opens with a general discussion of the brain and of consciousness itself. Then, exploring the areas of brain science most likely to illuminate the basis of awareness, Zeman focuses on the science of sleep and waking and on the science of vision. He describes healthy states and disorders—epilepsy, narcolepsy, blindsight and hallucinations after stroke—that provide insights into the capacity for consciousness and into its contents. And he tracks the evolution of the brain, the human species, and human culture and surveys the main current scientific theories of awareness, pioneering attempts to explain how the brain gives rise to experience.

Zeman concludes by examining philosophical arguments about the nature of consciousness. A practicing neurologist, he animates his text with examples from the behavioral and neurological disorders of his patients and from the expanding mental worlds of young children, including his own. His book is an accessible and enlightening explanation of why we are conscious.

By: Adam Zeman
Imprint: Yale University
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 3mm
Weight: 649g
ISBN: 9780300104974
ISBN 10: 0300104979
Publication Date: 10 September 2004
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Consciousness: A User’s Guide

Zeman is a humane and engaging writer and this is a wonderfully ambitious and entertaining book. I can think of no better guide to 'the last great frontier of science.' -Paul Broks, Prospect [This] book is more than an argument about computers and consciousness. There are ... potentially mind-numbing discussions of the pathways that give rise to the senses and to cognition, accompanied by diagrams of the same... Zeman manages to make all of this stuff ... interesting. -Ivan Oransky, New York Sun