The essential and most puzzling problem of consciousness is how the electro-chemical activity constantly occurring in the brain translates into the conscious experience we enjoy.

Reflections on the Problem of Consciousness considers the attempts that have been made by several important neuro-scientists and philosophers to address the question, and makes suggestions as to how it might be approached with the best prospect of intelligibility.

Contents

1. The Crucial Question – Mind, Brain and Body
2. Dennett and Descartes
3. A Natural Method
4. Descartes’s Error and Spinoza’s Truth
5. The Dynamic Brain
6. Guidance from Past Insights
7. The Conditions of Consciousness
8. Who or What Thinks?
9. Towards a Solution

Appendix:

The Theory of Emergence and Contemporary Criticism

Index

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