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  title info:
    title: Consciousness
    sub title: Theories in Neuroscience and Philosophy of Mind
  name:
    name part: Cavanna, Andrea Eugenio.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: Nani, Andrea.
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: gw
    date issued: 2014
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: XVI, 203 p. 41 illus., 34 illus. in color. online resource.
  abstract: This book aims to depict a wide landscape by reviewing some of the most important scientific and philosophical theories concerning the nature of mind and consciousness. Current theories on the mind-body problem and the neural correlates of consciousness are presented through a series of biographical sketches of the most influential thinkers across the fields of philosophy of mind, psychology, and neuroscience. The book is divided into two parts: Part 1 is dedicated to philosophers of mind, whereas Part 2 encompasses neuroscientists and experimental psychologists. Each part comprises fifteen short chapters, with each chapter being dedicated to one author. A brief introduction is given on his or her life and most important works, with explanation of influences and of the impact that the ideas contained in these works had on the communities of psychologists, neuroscientists, and philosophers of the time. The most influential theory/ies developed by each author are then explained and examined, with the aim of analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of the different approaches to the nature of consciousness. An annotated list of essential references concludes each chapter.
  table of contents: Part 1. Philosophical Theories of Consciousness: David Chalmers -- Paul and Patricia Churchland -- Tim Crane -- Donald Davidson -- Daniel Dennett -- René Descartes -- Jerry Fodor -- Jaegwon Kim -- William Lycan -- Collin McGinn -- Thomas Nagel -- Alva Noë -- Hilary Putnam -- David Rosenthal -- John Searle -- Part 2. Scientific Theories of Consciousness: Bernard Baars -- Francis Crick and Christof Koch -- Antonio Damasio -- Stanislas Dehaene -- Merlin Donald -- John Eccles and Karl Popper -- Gerald Edelman -- Nicholas Humphrey -- Julian Jaynes -- Benjamin Libet -- John Kevin O'Regan -- Roger Penrose and Stuart Hameroff -- Giulio Tononi -- Max Velmans -- Semir Zeki.
  note: by Andrea Eugenio Cavanna, Andrea Nani.
  subject:
    topic: Medicine
  subject:
    topic: Neurosciences
  subject:
    topic: Philosophy of mind
  subject:
    topic: Behavioral sciences
  subject:
    topic: Biomedicine
  subject:
    topic: Neurosciences
  subject:
    topic: Philosophy of Mind
  subject:
    topic: Behavioral Sciences
  classification: RC321-580
  classification: 612.8
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      title: Springer eBooks
  identifier: 9783662440889
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