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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 note | Includes bibliographical references (pages [221]-237) and index. |
LCCN | 2022054189 |
ISBN | 9780262047944 hardcover |
ISBN | 0262047942 hardcover |