Soul Dust : : The Magic of Consciousness / / Nicholas Humphrey.

How is consciousness possible? What biological purpose does it serve? And why do we value it so highly? In Soul Dust, the psychologist Nicholas Humphrey, a leading figure in consciousness research, proposes a startling new theory. Consciousness, he argues, is nothing less than a magical-mystery show...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2011]
©2011
Year of Publication:2011
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (256 p.) :; 17 halftones. 1 table.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Invitation
  • Prelude
  • 1. Coming-to Explained
  • Part One
  • 2. Being “Like Something”
  • 3. Sentitition
  • 4. Looping the Loop
  • Part two
  • 5. So What?
  • 6. Being There
  • 7. The Enchanted World
  • 8. So That Is Who I Am!
  • 9. Being Number One
  • Part Three
  • 10. Entering the Soul Niche
  • 11. Dangerous Territory
  • 12. Cheating Death
  • Envoi
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Index