by David Papineau, Howard Selina · Icon,Totem Books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781840461152
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«Introducing Consciousness» is the illustrated essay by David Papineau and Howard Selina, published by Icon/Totem Books in paperback (176 pages, in English).
An accessible illustrated guide to the study of consciousness: it reviews philosophical and scientific theories, the relationship between mind and matter, neural mechanisms and brain computation. Along the way it presents thought experiments such as zombies, the Chinese room, the ghost in the machine and Schrödinger's cat.
2000 edition in the Introducing series from Icon Books; the work was originally published in 1996 as «Consciousness for Beginners».
Suitable for students and curious readers who want a visual and accessible introduction to the philosophy of mind and the science of consciousness.
