Brain, Self and Consciousness Explaining the Conspiracy of Experience /

This book discusses consciousness from the perspectives of neuroscience, neuropsychiatry and philosophy. The author argues that the central issue in brain studies is to explain the unity, continuity, and adherence of experience, whether it is sensory or mental awareness, phenomenal- or self-consciou...

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Main Author: Menon, Sangeetha (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New Delhi : Springer India : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Series:Studies in Neuroscience, Consciousness and Spirituality, 3
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
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Summary:This book discusses consciousness from the perspectives of neuroscience, neuropsychiatry and philosophy. The author argues that the central issue in brain studies is to explain the unity, continuity, and adherence of experience, whether it is sensory or mental awareness, phenomenal- or self-consciousness. The fascinating discussion that this book presents is: How do the brain and the self create the conspiracy of experience where the physicality of the brain is lost in the subjectivity of the self?
Physical Description:XI, 214 p. online resource.
ISBN:9788132215813
ISSN:2211-8918 ;