Seeing Red A Study in Consciousness

Name: Seeing Red A Study in Consciousness
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ISBN: 9780674030541

ISBN-10: 0674030540

ISBN-13: 9780674030541

Edition: 2006

Authors: Nicholas Humphrey

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"Consciousness matters. Arguably it matters more than anything. The purpose of this book is to build towards an explanation of just what the matter is." Nicholas Humphrey begins this compelling exploration of the biggest of big questions with a challenge to the reader, and himself. What's involved in "seeing red"? What is it like for us to see someone else seeing something red? Seeing a red screen tells us a fact about something in the world. But it also creates a new fact--a sensation in each of our minds, the feeling of redness. And that's the mystery. Conventional science so far hasn't told us what conscious sensations are made of, or how we get access to them, or why we have them at…

Book details

List price: $32.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 2/28/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 160
Size: 5.50" wide x 7.00" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.330

Nicholas Humphrey has held posts at Oxford and Cambridge universities, and is now professor emeritus of psychology at the London School of Economics. His many books include "A History of the Mind" and "Seeing Red".