Consciousness: A User s Guide

Zeman, Adam

ISBN 10: 0300092806 / ISBN 13: 9780300092806

Published by Yale University Press, 2003

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Consciousness: A User s Guide
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0300092806
• ISBN 13: 9780300092806
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New
• Dimensions: 16.51W x 24.77H x 3.81D centimeters 16.51 centimeters width by 24.77 centimeters height by 3.81 centimeters depth
• Weight: 907 grams

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Synopsis

In this thought-provoking book, neurologist Adam Zeman offers an enlightening view of consciousness seen through the lenses of science and philosophy, enhancing his discussion with case studies of neurological patients and observations of young children’s expanding mental worlds.

“An articulate . . . neurologist . . . covers many aspects of consciousness for general readers. His treatment of the disorders of knowledge is superb. If you were intrigued with The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, you’ll appreciate [the book’s] buildup to what Oliver Sacks described in that work. . . . Approachable and instructive.”—William H. Calvin, New York Times Book Review

“A grand tour of the terrain of consciousness, as viewed from neuroscientific and philosophical perspectives.”—Colin Beer, Quarterly Review of Biology

“[Zeman] is uniquely qualified to write this particular book, whose chief merit is that it provides a summary of the current state of play in neurobiology, psychology, and philosophy. . . . A very useful book.”—John R. Searle, Los Angeles Times Book Review

About the Author

Adam Zeman is a consultant neurologist at Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, and senior lecturer in the department of clinical neurosciences at Edinburgh University.