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Consciousness

A Brief Insight

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Author(s) :

Susan Blackmore

Pages :

185

Pub Date :

2010

Edition(s) at Erowid :

2010(hb,1st ed,f/nai)

Publisher :

Sterling Publishing

ISBN :

9781402775284

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FROM THE EROWID REVIEW #

Review by David Arnson, 2011 Feb 25

"Consciousness is at once the most obvious and the most difficult thing we can investigate." Susan Blackmore expounds upon, parses, and analyzes the great question and subject of consciousness. The elusive subject is often defined here by that which it is not, seemingly to home in on the "right" questions to ask. . . (more)

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Susan Blackmore considers whether we really have free will and what creates our sense of self, exploring key theories about consciousness that include recent experiments on action and awareness, vision and attention, altered states of consciousness, and the effects of brain damage and drugs--ultimately questioning whether consciousness itself may be an illusion.

BLURBS #

"A very thought-provoking book."
-- The Guardian

ABOUT THE AUTHOR(S) / EDITOR(S) #

Susan Blackmore is a psychologist, freelance writer, and lecturer. The author of numerous scientific articles and book contributions, she writes for several magazines and newspapers and is a frequent contributor on radio and television, in the UK and internationally.