Wider than the sky [electronic resource] : the phenomenal gift of consciousness / Gerald M. Edelman.
By: Edelman, Gerald M.
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BookPublisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, c2004Description: xiii, 201 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.Subject(s): Consciousness -- Physiological aspects | Brain -- Physiological aspectsGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 153 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-185) and index.
The mind of man: completing Darwin's program -- Consciousness: the remembered present -- Elements of the brain -- Neural Darwinism: a global brain theory -- The mechanisms of consciousness -- Wider than the sky: qualia, unity, and complexity -- Consciousness and causation: the phenomenal transform -- The conscious and the nonconscious: automaticity and attention -- Higher-order consciousness and representation -- Theory and the properties of consciousness -- Identity: the self, mortality, and value -- Mind and body: some consequences.
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