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Sto caricando le informazioni... Consciousness: A User's Guide (edizione 2002)di Adam Zeman
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This engaging and readable book provides an introduction to consciousness that does justice both to the science and to the philosophy of consciousness, that is, the mechanics of the mind and the experience of awareness. The book opens with a general discussion of the brain and of consciousness itself. Then, exploring the areas of brain science most likely to illuminate the basis of awareness, Zeman focuses on the science of sleep and waking and on the science of vision. He describes healthy states and disorders-epilepsy, narcolepsy, blindsight and hallucinations after stroke-that provide insights into the capacity for consciousness and into its contents. And he tracks the evolution of the brain, the human species, and human culture and surveys the main current scientific theories of awareness, pioneering attempts to explain how the brain gives rise to experience. Zeman concludes by examining philosophical arguments about the nature of consciousness. A practicing neurologist, he animates his text with examples from the behavioral and neurological disorders of his patients and from the expanding mental worlds of young children, including his own. His book is an accessible and enlightening explanation of why we are conscious. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Consciencia, mente y alma son términos equivalentes cuando
se habla del vinculo entre el mundo y la experiencia individual
De entre todos los seres vivos, al parecer sólo el humano está dotado de
una consciencia que integra las sensaciones en un "percibir el mundo"
que, además de facultarlo para reconocer objetos, también le permite
reconocerse a si mismo como un objeto más
. A partir de la hipótesis de que los fenómenos
de la mente tienen una base fisiológica en el cerebro, Adam Zeman
traza un iluminador mapa de ruta para introducir al lector
en los diferentes problemas médicos, conceptuales y filosóficos
que conlleva el estudio de la consciencia. Para Zeman, ésta
no es un mero proceso mecánico, es un sistema de supervivencia
desarrollado por el ser humano que resultó
exitoso en el curso de su evolución.