Thanks to exciting developments in brain science, consciousness--"the last great mystery"--has now become a hot topic with everyone from biologists to philosophers. Exploring key theories on action and awareness...more details Format:Hardcover Pages:185
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Susan Blackmore
ISBN:9780340809099
Is there a theory that explains the essence of consciousness? Or is consciousness itself just an illusion? The last great mystery of science ...more details Format:Paperback Pages:544
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Susan Blackmore
ISBN:9780195179590
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...more details Format:Paperback Pages:274
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Susan Blackmore
ISBN:9780195179583
"Human brains are just the most complicated thing that's yet evolved, and we're trying to understand them using our brains," notes philosopher Daniel Dennett. "We're trying to reverse engineer ourselves...more details Format:Hardback
Discusses the stages of dying, examines the accounts of near-death experiences, and argues that brain chemistry, rather than afterlife, best explains the sensations felt near death....more details Format:Hardcover Pages:1
Revised edition of The Adventures of a Parapsychologist , 1986. Blackmore is deeply informed, very bright, and, despite years of negative results...more details Format:Paperback Pages:286
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Susan Blackmore
ISBN:9780192862129
Humans are extraordinary creatures, with the unique ability among animals to imitate and so copy from one another ideas, habits, skills, behaviours...more details Format:Paperback Pages:288
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Susan Blackmore
ISBN:9780198503651
What is a meme? First coined by Richard Dawkins in The Selfish Gene, a meme is any idea, behavior, or skill that can be transferred from one person to another by imitation: stories...more details Format:Hardback
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Susan Blackmore
ISBN:9781851687985
Who are you? When are you? What were you conscious of a moment ago?This groundbreaking book sees acclaimed psychologist Susan Blackmore combining the latest scientific theories about mind...more details Format:Paperback Pages:181
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Susan J Blackmore
ISBN:9780897333443
About one person in ten claims to have left his or her body at some time. Some were close to death; others had under-gone an accident or shock. Dr Blackmore's explanation for out-of-body experiences is based on historical and anecdotal material...more details Format:Paperback Pages:288
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Susan J Blackmore
ISBN:9780195153439
Is there a theory that explains the essence of consciousness? Or is consciousness itself just an illusion? The "last great mystery of science...more details Format:Paperback Pages:460