Consciousness Studies
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Consciousness studies embraces the neuroscience and philosophy of consciousness.
Contents
Introduction
Part I: Historical review
- Early Ideas
- Medieval Concepts
- Seventeenth And Eighteenth Century Philosophy
- Nineteenth To Twenty First Century Philosophy
Part II: The problem of consciousness
- What needs to be explained: the description and definition of phenomenal consciousness
- The conflict - where, when and what?
- Breaking down the philosophical and scientific problems
- Measurement in physics and the preferred basis problem
Part III: Neuroscience of consciousness
- The neuroscience of consciousness
- The neurophysiology of sensation and perception
- The cortex and thalamus
- Perceptual "filling in"
- Rivalries and synchronisation
- Global Workspace Theory
- The "cognitive map" and the neural basis of perceptual space
- Behaviourism And Consciousness
- Models Of Access Consciousness
Part IV: Explanations of Consciousness
Appendices
Some physical science for consciousness studies: