Science and the Riddle of Consciousness: A Solution - Hardcover

Foss, Jeffrey E.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0792379365 ISBN 13: 9780792379362

Publisher: Springer, 2000

Synopsis

Consciousness has become a major topic of scientific interest, and dozens of books have been written in recent years to explain it, yet it still remains a mystery. Science and the Riddle of Consciousness explains why consciousness is a riddle for science, and demonstrates how this riddle can be solved.
The questions examined in the book speak directly to neuroscientists, computer scientists, psychologists, and philosophers.

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Review

From the reviews:

`[...] Foss has produced an excellent book from which consciousness researchers can profit.'
Philosophia, 31:1-2 (October 2003)

"Professor Foss has written not just one book but sketched two in outline. Ostensively his task is to show how one might study matters of consciousness in a scientifically responsible manner. ... Foss has written a most exciting work. It is both rigorously argued and fun to read. Foss’s book should earn him a place with the likes of Daniel Dennett and Owen Flanagan – high praise indeed." (Paul A. Wagner, The Review of Metaphysics, Vol. LVI (223), 2003)

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0792379365
• ISBN 13: 9780792379362
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 238