Conscious : a brief guide to the fundamental mystery of the mind

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Conscious : a brief guide to the fundamental mystery of the mind

Title remainder

a brief guide to the fundamental mystery of the mind

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Annaka Harris

Creator

• Harris, Annaka

Author

• Harris, Annaka

Subject

• Cognitive neuroscience
• Consciousness

Language

eng

Summary

"What is consciousness? How does it arise? And why does it exist? We take our experience of being in the world for granted. But the very existence of consciousness raises profound questions: Why would any collection of matter in the universe be conscious? How are we able to think about this? And why should we? /In this wonderfully accessible book, Annaka Harris guides us through the evolving definitions, philosophies, and scientific findings that probe our limited understanding of consciousness. Where does it reside, and what gives rise to it? Could it be an illusion, or a universal property of all matter? As we try to understand consciousness, we must grapple with how to define it and, in the age of artificial intelligence, who or what might possess it. /Conscious offers lively and challenging arguments that alter our ideas about consciousness--allowing us to think freely about it for ourselves, if indeed we can." -- book jacket

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YDX

Dewey number

153

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illustrations

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index present

Literary form

non fiction

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bibliography