Mystery of Consciousness

Name: Mystery of Consciousness
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ISBN: 9780940322066

ISBN-10: 0940322064

ISBN-13: 9780940322066

Edition: 1997

Authors: John R. Searle, Daniel C. Dennett, David J. Chalmers

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It has long been one of the most fundamental problems of philosophy, and it is now, John Searle writes, "the most important problem in the biological sciences": What is consciousness? Is my inner awareness of myself something separate from my body? In what began as a series of essays in The New York Review of Books, John Searle evaluates the positions on consciousness of such well-known scientists and philosophers as Francis Crick, Gerald Edelman, Roger Penrose, Daniel Dennett, David Chalmers, and Israel Rosenfield. He challenges claims that the mind works like a computer, and that brain functions can be reproduced by computer programs. With a sharp eye for confusion and contradiction, he…

Book details

List price: $16.95
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: New York Review of Books, Incorporated, The
Publication date: 1/1/1990
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 4.84" wide x 7.09" long x 0.63" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English