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Consciousness: Confessions of a Romantic Reductionist
Christof Koch
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Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JMT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. .
In which a scientist searches for an empirical explanation for phenomenal experience, spurred by his instinctual belief that life is meaningful. What links conscious experience of pain, joy, color, and smell to bioelectrical activity in the brain? How can anything physical give rise to nonphysical, subjective, conscious states? Christof Koch has devoted much of his career to bridging the seemingly unbridgeable gap between the physics of the brain and phenomenal experience. This engaging book-part scientific overview, part memoir, part futurist speculation-describes Koch's search for an empirical explanation for consciousness. Koch recounts not only the birth of the ... Read more
In which a scientist searches for an empirical explanation for phenomenal experience, spurred by his instinctual belief that life is meaningful. What links conscious experience of pain, joy, color, and smell to bioelectrical activity in the brain? How can anything physical give rise to nonphysical, subjective, conscious states? Christof Koch has devoted much of his career to bridging the seemingly unbridgeable gap between the physics of the brain and phenomenal experience. This engaging book-part scientific overview, part memoir, part futurist speculation-describes Koch's search for an empirical explanation for consciousness. Koch recounts not only the birth of the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass., United States
ISBN
9780262533508
SKU
V9780262533508
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About Christof Koch
Christof Koch is President and Chief Scientist of the Allen Institute for Brain Science in Seattle, following twenty-seven years as a Professor at the California Institute of Technology. He is the author of Consciousness: Confessions of a Romantic Reductionist (MIT Press), The Quest for Consciousness: A Neurobiological Approach, and other books.
Reviews for Consciousness: Confessions of a Romantic Reductionist
Koch weaves a vivid and poignant story, punctuated by fascinating characters and compelling science. The book will leave you with a small piece of Koch's own consciousness, plucked from his head and delivered into yours. -Science News ... [D]efinitely worth reading.... I argued with Koch all the way through this book. And I loved every minute of ... Read more