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Sentience : the invention of consciousness / Nicholas Humphrey.

Author/creator Humphrey, Nicholas author.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2023]
Copyright Notice ©2023
Descriptionxii, 243 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject(s)
Contents Sentience and consciousness -- Foothills -- The touch of light -- Blythe spirits -- What the frog's eye tells the monkey's brain -- Blindsight -- Sight unseen -- Red sky at night -- Nature's psychologists -- On the track of sensations -- Evolving sentience -- The road taken -- The phenomenal self -- Theoretical misprisions -- Coming to be: sentience and body sense -- Sentience all the way down? -- Mapping the landscape -- Getting warmer -- Testing, testing -- Qualiaphilia -- The self in action -- Taking stock -- Machina ex deo -- Ethical imperatives.
Abstract "An accessible overview of Humphrey's evolving views on consciousness -- particularly the topic of phenomenal consciousness -- from his early neurophysiology studies in the 1960's to his debates with philosophers today"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages [221]-237) and index.
LCCN 2022054189
ISBN9780262047944 hardcover
ISBN0262047942 hardcover

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Joyner General Stacks BF311 .H865 2023 ✔ Available Place Hold