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Alberto López Cuenca | [http://www.livingbooksaboutlife.org/books/ISBN_Numbers ISBN: 978-1-60785-259-9] | ||
''edited by'' [http://www.livingbooksaboutlife.org/books/The_Mediations_of_Consciousness/bio Alberto López Cuenca] | |||
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== [http://www.livingbooksaboutlife.org/books/Consciousness/Introduction '''Introduction: From the Brain to General Intellect: Commentary on the Mediations of Consciousness'''] == | == [http://www.livingbooksaboutlife.org/books/Consciousness/Introduction '''Introduction: From the Brain to General Intellect: Commentary on the Mediations of Consciousness'''] == | ||
There is an overwhelming amount of literature about the nature of consciousness and its riddles. Yet one must necessarily work through this literature if one is interested in the philosophical and scientific details of the related debates. However, this means that this short book can be neither an exhaustive introduction nor a developed stance on the issue of consciousness – the problem of the mind-body relationship, the reduction of mental states to brain states, or the attribution of consciousness to single individuals. Something of that kind can be found elsewhere.<sup>1</sup> As far as these issues are concerned, this Living Book is more of a call to pay attention to the current ways in which some of the scientific discussions about consciousness are framed. [http://www.livingbooksaboutlife.org/books/Consciousness/Introduction (more...)] | There is an overwhelming amount of literature about the nature of consciousness and its riddles. Yet one must necessarily work through this literature if one is interested in the philosophical and scientific details of the related debates. However, this means that this short book can be neither an exhaustive introduction nor a developed stance on the issue of consciousness – the problem of the mind-body relationship, the reduction of mental states to brain states, or the attribution of consciousness to single individuals. Something of that kind can be found elsewhere.<sup>1</sup> As far as these issues are concerned, this Living Book is more of a call to pay attention to the current ways in which some of the scientific discussions about consciousness are framed. [http://www.livingbooksaboutlife.org/books/Consciousness/Introduction (more...)] | ||
== | == The Riddle of Consciousness == | ||
; Max Velmans : [http://cogprints.org/6453/1/How_to_define_consciousness.pdf How to Define Consciousness -- And How Not to Define Consciousness] | |||
Max Velmans | ; Richard Robinson : [http://www.plosbiology.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pbio.1000066 Exploring the 'Global Workspace' of Consciousness] | ||
[http://cogprints.org/6453/1/How_to_define_consciousness.pdf How to Define Consciousness -- And How Not to Define Consciousness] | ; Erik Sorem : [http://www.ucd.ie/philosophy/perspectives/resources/issue3/Perspectives_volumeIII_SearleMaterialismMindBody.pdf Searle, Materialism, and the Mind-Body Problem] | ||
Richard Robinson | == Representing Consciousness == | ||
[http://www.plosbiology.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pbio.1000066 Exploring the 'Global Workspace' of Consciousness] | ; Amr A Guenedi, Ala'Alddin Al Hussaini, Yousif A Obeid, Samir Hussain, Faisal Al-Azri and Samir Al-Adawi : [http://www.jmedicalcasereports.com/content/pdf/1752-1947-3-9325.pdf Investigation of the Cerebral Blood Flow of an Omani Man with Supposed ‘Spirit Possession’ Associated with an Altered Mental State: A Case Report] | ||
; Arvid Lundervold : [http://www.nonlinearbiomedphys.com/content/pdf/1753-4631-4-S1-S9.pdf On Consciousness, Resting State fMRI, and Neurodynamics] | |||
Erik Sorem | ; Cornelis J. Stam & Jaap C. Reijneveld : [http://www.nonlinearbiomedphys.com/content/pdf/1753-4631-1-3.pdf Graph Theoretical Analysis of Complex Networks in the Brain] | ||
[http://www.ucd.ie/philosophy/perspectives/resources/issue3/Perspectives_volumeIII_SearleMaterialismMindBody.pdf Searle, Materialism, and the Mind-Body Problem] | |||
== Extended Consciousness == | |||
== | ; Xialei Zhang : [http://arxiv.org/pdf/1103.1651 The Emergence of Consciousness in the Quantum Universe] | ||
; Mondendra Grover : [http://www.ijest.info/docs/IJEST11-03-02-093.pdf The Quantum Computing Conscious Universe and the Extended Deep Ecology Hypothesis: Implications for Medicine, Agriculture and Technology] | |||
Amr A Guenedi, Ala'Alddin Al Hussaini, Yousif A Obeid, Samir Hussain, Faisal Al-Azri and Samir Al-Adawi | ; Axel A. Randrup : [http://www.transpersonalstudies.org/ImagesRepository/ijts/Downloads/Animal%20Mind%20as%20Approached%20by%20the%20Transpersonal%20Notion%20of%20Collective%20Conscious%20Experience.pdf Animal Mind as Approached by the Transpersonal: Notion of Collective Conscious Experience] | ||
[http://www.jmedicalcasereports.com/content/pdf/1752-1947-3-9325.pdf Investigation of the Cerebral Blood Flow of an Omani Man with Supposed ‘Spirit Possession’ Associated with an Altered Mental State: A Case Report] | |||
== Appendix: Varieties of Conscious Experience == | |||
Arvid Lundervold | ; David W. Hill : [http://www.uta.edu/huma/agger/fastcapitalism/5_2/Hill5_2.html Reflections on Leaving Facebook] | ||
[http://www.nonlinearbiomedphys.com/content/pdf/1753-4631-4-S1-S9.pdf On Consciousness, Resting State fMRI, and Neurodynamics] | |||
==[http://www.livingbooksaboutlife.org/books/Consciousness/Attributions Attributions]== | |||
Cornelis J. Stam & Jaap C. Reijneveld | |||
[http://www.nonlinearbiomedphys.com/content/pdf/1753-4631-1-3.pdf Graph Theoretical Analysis of Complex Networks in the Brain] | == A 'Frozen' PDF Version of this Living Book == | ||
; [http://livingbooksaboutlife.org/pdfs/bookarchive/MediationsofConsciousness.pdf Download a 'frozen' PDF version of this book as it appeared on 7th October 2011] | |||
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Xialei Zhang | |||
[http://arxiv.org/pdf/1103.1651 The Emergence of Consciousness in the Quantum Universe] | |||
Mondendra Grover | |||
[http://www.ijest.info/docs/IJEST11-03-02-093.pdf The Quantum Computing Conscious Universe and the Extended Deep Ecology Hypothesis: Implications for Medicine, Agriculture and Technology] | |||
Axel A. Randrup | |||
[http://www.transpersonalstudies.org/ImagesRepository/ijts/Downloads/Animal%20Mind%20as%20Approached%20by%20the%20Transpersonal%20Notion%20of%20Collective%20Conscious%20Experience.pdf Animal Mind as Approached by the Transpersonal: Notion of Collective Conscious Experience] | |||
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David W. Hill | |||
[http://www.uta.edu/huma/agger/fastcapitalism/5_2/Hill5_2.html Reflections on Leaving Facebook] | |||
[http://www.livingbooksaboutlife.org/books/Consciousness/Attributions Attributions] | |||
Latest revision as of 13:59, 19 January 2012
edited by Alberto López Cuenca
Introduction: From the Brain to General Intellect: Commentary on the Mediations of Consciousness
There is an overwhelming amount of literature about the nature of consciousness and its riddles. Yet one must necessarily work through this literature if one is interested in the philosophical and scientific details of the related debates. However, this means that this short book can be neither an exhaustive introduction nor a developed stance on the issue of consciousness – the problem of the mind-body relationship, the reduction of mental states to brain states, or the attribution of consciousness to single individuals. Something of that kind can be found elsewhere.1 As far as these issues are concerned, this Living Book is more of a call to pay attention to the current ways in which some of the scientific discussions about consciousness are framed. (more...)
The Riddle of Consciousness
- Max Velmans
- How to Define Consciousness -- And How Not to Define Consciousness
- Richard Robinson
- Exploring the 'Global Workspace' of Consciousness
- Erik Sorem
- Searle, Materialism, and the Mind-Body Problem
Representing Consciousness
- Amr A Guenedi, Ala'Alddin Al Hussaini, Yousif A Obeid, Samir Hussain, Faisal Al-Azri and Samir Al-Adawi
- Investigation of the Cerebral Blood Flow of an Omani Man with Supposed ‘Spirit Possession’ Associated with an Altered Mental State: A Case Report
- Arvid Lundervold
- On Consciousness, Resting State fMRI, and Neurodynamics
- Cornelis J. Stam & Jaap C. Reijneveld
- Graph Theoretical Analysis of Complex Networks in the Brain
Extended Consciousness
- Xialei Zhang
- The Emergence of Consciousness in the Quantum Universe
- Mondendra Grover
- The Quantum Computing Conscious Universe and the Extended Deep Ecology Hypothesis: Implications for Medicine, Agriculture and Technology
- Axel A. Randrup
- Animal Mind as Approached by the Transpersonal: Notion of Collective Conscious Experience
Appendix: Varieties of Conscious Experience
- David W. Hill
- Reflections on Leaving Facebook