Seeing Red : : A Study in Consciousness / / Nicholas HUMPHREY.
Beginning with the seemingly simple act of seeing red, this brilliantly unsettling essay builds toward an explanation of why consciousness makes compelling evolutionary sense. From sensations that probably began in bodily expression to the evolutionary advantages of a conscious self, Seeing Red trac...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 (Canada) |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2009] ©2006 |
| Year of Publication: | 2009 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Mind/Brain/Behavior Initiative
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (157 p.) |
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| Other title: | Frontmatter -- 1. -- 2. -- 3. -- 4. -- 5. -- 6. -- 7. -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INDEX |
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| Summary: | Beginning with the seemingly simple act of seeing red, this brilliantly unsettling essay builds toward an explanation of why consciousness makes compelling evolutionary sense. From sensations that probably began in bodily expression to the evolutionary advantages of a conscious self, Seeing Red tracks the "hard problem" of consciousness to its source and its solution, a solution in which the very hardness of the problem may make all the difference. |
| Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
| ISBN: | 9780674038905 9783110756067 9783110442205 |
| DOI: | 10.4159/9780674038905 |
| Access: | restricted access |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Nicholas HUMPHREY. |