Conversations on Consciousness: What the Best Minds Think about the Brain, Free Will, and What It Means to Be Human

Format: Paperback Language: English ISBN: 0195179595 ISBN13: 9780195179590 Release Date: January 2007 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA Length: 288 Pages Weight: 0.50 lbs. Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5" In Conversations on Consciousness, Susan Blackmore interviews some of the great minds of our time, a who's who of eminent thinkers, all of whom have devoted much of their lives to understanding the concept of consciousness. The interviewees, ranging from major philosophers to renowned scientists, talk candidly with Blackmore about some of the key philosophical issues confronting us in a series of conversations that are revealing, insightful, and stimulating. They ruminate on the nature of consciousness (is it something apart from the brain?) and discuss if it is even possible to understand the human mind. Some of these thinkers say no, but most believe that we will pierce the mystery surrounding consciousness, and that neuroscience will provide the key. Black