The Blackwell Companion to Consciousness
Edited by Max Velmans, Susan L. Schneider The Blackwell Companion to Consciousness is the most thorough and comprehensive survey of contemporary scientific research and philosophical thought on consciousness currently available. Extensively peer reviewed, its 55 newly commissioned chapters combine state of the art surveys with cutting-edge research. Taken as a whole, these essays by leading […]
Edited by Max Velmans, Susan L. Schneider
The Blackwell Companion to Consciousness is the most thorough and comprehensive survey of contemporary scientific research and philosophical thought on consciousness currently available. Extensively peer reviewed, its 55 newly commissioned chapters combine state of the art surveys with cutting-edge research. Taken as a whole, these essays by leading lights in the philosophy and science of consciousness create an engaging dialogue and unparalleled source of information regarding this most fascinating and mysterious subject. As the study of the philosophy and science of consciousness becomes ever more popular, this text will be appreciated by readers of philosophy and science alike.
2007, 768 p., 41 illustrations, Hardcover and paperback
ISBN-10: 1405120193
ISBN-13: 978-1405120197
About the Authors
Max Velmans has a Personal Chair in Psychology at the University of London and is currently Emeritus Professor at Goldsmiths, University of London. He has around 80 publications on consciousness including Understanding Consciousness (2000), which was short listed for the British Psychological Society book of the year award in 2001 and 2002. Other publications include The Science of Consciousness: Psychological, Neuropsychological and Clinical Reviews (1996), Investigating Phenomenal Consciousness: New Methodologies and Maps (2000) and How Could Conscious Experiences Affect Brains? (2003). He was a co-founder and, throughout 2004 to 2006, Chair of the Consciousness and Experiential Psychology Section of the British Psychological Society.
Susan Schneider is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania. She focuses on issues involving philosophy of cognitive science, and in particular, the plausibility of computational theories of mind and theoretical issues in artificial intelligence. She also has authored numerous articles in metaphysics.
Editorial Board:
Philosophy of Consciousness: Jose Bermudez, Ned Block, David Chalmers, George Graham and Brian McLaughlin
Science of Consciousness: Chris Frith, Jeffrey Gray, John Kihlstrom, Phil Merikle
