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An edition of Consciousness explained (1991)

Consciousness explained

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This book revises the traditional view of consciousness by claiming that Cartesianism and Descartes' dualism of mind and body should be replaced with theories from the realms of neuroscience, psychology and artificial intelligence. What people think of as the stream of consciousness is not a single, unified sequence, the author argues, but "multiple drafts" of reality composed by a computer-like "virtual machine". Dennett considers how consciousness could have evolved in human beings and confronts the classic mysteries of consciousness: the nature of introspection, the self or ego and its relation to thoughts and sensations, and the level of consciousness of non-human creatures.

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Little, Brown and Co.
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English
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511

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Subjects
Mind and body, Consciousness, Conscience, Leib-Seele-Problem, Bewustzijn, Mente y cuerpo, Philosophy, Esprit et corps, Lichaam en geest, Bewusstsein, Filosofie van de geest, 08.36 philosophical anthropology, philosophy of psychology, Nonfiction, Psychology, Neuroscience

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 469-491) and index.

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Dewey Decimal Class
126
Library of Congress
B105.C477 D45 1991, B105.C477D45 1991

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Pagination
xiii, 511 p. :
Number of pages
511

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OL1537348M
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0316180653
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91015614
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12889
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