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Seeing Red: A Study in Consciousness
Nicholas Humphrey
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Description for Seeing Red: A Study in Consciousness
Paperback. Beginning with the seemingly simple act of seeing red, the fact of a conscious sensation, this essay builds toward an explanation of why consciousness matters - why, in short, it makes compelling evolutionary sense. Series: Mind/Brain/Behavior Initiative. Num Pages: 160 pages, 26 schematic drawings. BIC Classification: HP; JMT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 170 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 154.
Consciousness matters. Arguably it matters more than anything. The purpose of this book is to build towards an explanation of just what the matter is. Nicholas Humphrey begins this compelling exploration of the biggest of big questions with a challenge to the reader, and himself. What's involved in seeing red ? What is it like for us to see someone else seeing something red? Seeing a red screen tells us a fact about something in the world. But it also creates a new fact--a sensation in each of our minds, ... Read more
Consciousness matters. Arguably it matters more than anything. The purpose of this book is to build towards an explanation of just what the matter is. Nicholas Humphrey begins this compelling exploration of the biggest of big questions with a challenge to the reader, and himself. What's involved in seeing red ? What is it like for us to see someone else seeing something red? Seeing a red screen tells us a fact about something in the world. But it also creates a new fact--a sensation in each of our minds, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Series
Mind/Brain/Behavior Initiative
Condition
New
Weight
153g
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass., United States
ISBN
9780674030541
SKU
V9780674030541
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About Nicholas Humphrey
Nicholas Humphrey is School Professor in the Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science at the London School of Economics.
Reviews for Seeing Red: A Study in Consciousness
There are few scientists who think so originally, provoke so consistently or write so elegantly as Humphrey. Seeing Red... is a wonderful introduction to his iconoclastic thinking... [It] is less about what consciousness is than about how we might go about thinking about it. And for that there are few better guides than Nicholas Humphrey. - Kenan Malik, Sunday Telegraph ... Read more