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Author Harris, Errol E.

Title Reflections on the problem of consciousness / by Errol E. Harris
Published Dordrecht : Springer, ©2006

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 186 pages)
Series Studies in brain and mind ; v. 3
Studies in brain and mind ; v. 3.
Contents The Crucial Question -- Mind, Brain and Body; Dennett and Descartes; A Natural Method; Descartes' Error and Spinoza's Truth; The Dynamic Brain; Guidance from Past Insights; The Conditions of Consciousness; Who or What Thinks?; Towards a Solution
Summary The essential and most puzzling problem of consciousness is how the electro-chemical activity constantly occurring in the brain translates into the conscious experience we enjoy. This study considers the attempts that have been made by several important neuro-scientists and philosophers to address the question, and makes its own suggestions
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-181) and index
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Subject Neurosciences.
Consciousness.
Psychophysiology.
Consciousness -- physiology
Neurosciences
Consciousness
Psychophysiology
MEDICAL -- Neuroscience.
PSYCHOLOGY -- Neuropsychology.
Consciousness.
Consciousness -- physiology.
Psychophysiology.
Neurosciences.
Sciences sociales.
Sciences humaines.
Psychophysiology
Consciousness
Neurosciences
Geest.
Bewustzijn.
Hersenen.
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