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Consciousness, 'the last great mystery for science', has now become a hot topic. How can a physical brain create our experience of the world? What creates our identity? Do we really have free will? Could consciousness itself be an illusion? New developments in brain science are opening up debates on these issues, and now the field has expanded to include biologists, neuroscientists, psychologists, and philosophers. Using illustrations and lively cartoons, Susan Blackmore clarifies the complex arguments and illuminates the major theories. This is an engaging and authoritative introduction to this controversial issue, and is suited to general readers as well as those studying neuroscience, biology, psychology, and philosophy.

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A very thought-provoking book. * The Guardian *

A very thought-provoking book. The Guardian

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Susan Blackmore has researched various forms of consciousness for over a decade and has recently published the first textbook on the subject (Consciousness: An Introduction, published by OUP-NY and Hodder & Stoughton). She is author of more than sixty scientific articles and forty book contributions, writes for several magazines and newspapers, and is a frequent contributor on radio and television, both in the UK and abroad. Her controversial bestseller, The Meme Machine (OUP 1999), has been translated into eleven other languages and has life sales of 17,800 hardback and 22,500 paperback.

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