Consciousness: A User's Guide (Wiley Trading)

Consciousness: A User's Guide (Wiley Trading)

by A Zeman (Author)

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

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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 416
Edition: Revised ed.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 06 Aug 2004

ISBN 10: 0300104979
ISBN 13: 9780300104974

Media Reviews
Zeman is a humane and engaging writer and this is a wonderfully ambitious and entertaining book. I can think of no better guide to 'the last great frontier of science.' -Paul Broks, Prospect

[This] book is more than an argument about computers and consciousness. There are . . . potentially mind-numbing discussions of the pathways that give rise to the senses and to cognition, accompanied by diagrams of the same. . . . Zeman manages to make all of this stuff . . . interesting. -Ivan Oransky, New York Sun
Author Bio
Adam Zeman is a consultant neurologist at Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, and senior lecturer in the department of clinical neurosciences at Edinburgh University.