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Phylogenetic, Ontogenetic and Physiological Aspects
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Edited By
Hans Liljenström, Agora for Biosystems, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Sigtuna, Sweden
Peter Århem, Agora for Biosystems, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Sigtuna, Sweden
Description
It was not long ago when the consciousness was not considered a problem for science. However, this has now changed and the problem of
consciousness is considered the greatest challenge to science. In the last decade, a great number of books and articles have been published
in the field, but very few have focused on the how consciousness evolves and develops, and what characterizes the transitions between
different conscious states, in animals and humans. This book addresses these questions. Renowned researchers from different fields of
science (including neurobiology, evolutionary biology, ethology, cognitive science, computational neuroscience and philosophy) contribute
with their results and theories in this book, making it a unique collection of the state-of-the-art of this young field of consciousness
studies.
Audience
This book is suitable for academics, students, graduate students and philosophers. It is also suitable for general educated readership and libraries.
Contents
Preface
Contributors
1. Beyond Cognition - On Consciousness Transitions (P. ?rhem and H. Liljenstrom)
2. The Remote Roots of Consciousness
in Fruit-fly Selective Attention (B. van Swinderen)
3. The Evolution of Consciousness in Animals (R.V. Rial, M.C. Nicolau, A. Gamundi,
M. Akaarir, C. Garau and S. Esteban)
4. On the Origin of Consciousness - Some Amniote Scenarios (P. ?rhem, I. Lindahl, P. Manger and
A. Butler)
5. A Bird's Eye View of Consciousness (E. MacPhail)
6. The Molecular Biology of Consciousness Investigated with Genetically
Modified Mice (J-P. Changeux)
7. The Emergence of Consciousness in the Fetus and the Newborn (H. Lagercrantz)
8. An Inside-Out Paradigm
for Consciousness and Intelligence (R. Cotterill)
9. Consciousness Without a Cerebral Cortex (B. Merker)
10. Three Types of State Transition
Underlying Perception (W.J. Freeman)
11. Conscious Contents Provide and Coherent Global Information (B. Baars)
12. Evolutionary and Developmental
Aspects of Intersubjectivity (P. Gardenfors)
13. The Phenomenon of Consciousness from a Popperian Perspective (P. Munz)
Index
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Hardbound, 348 pages, publication date: NOV-2007
ISBN-13: 978-0-444-52977-0
ISBN-10: 0-444-52977-2
Imprint: ELSEVIER
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