Nineteen Ways of Looking at Consciousness

Name: Nineteen Ways of Looking at Consciousness
Brand: Macmillan Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Patrick House
ISBN: 9781250870568

Author: Patrick House

Narrator: Patrick House, Taylor Clarke-Hill

Unabridged: 15 hr 41 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Macmillan Audio

Published: 10/11/2022

Categories: Nonfiction, Science, Life Sciences, Psychology, Cognitive Psychology & Cognition

Synopsis

A concise, elegant, and thought-provoking exploration of the mystery of consciousness and the functioning of the brain.

Despite decades of research, remarkable imagery, and insights from a range of scientific and medical disciplines, the human brain remains largely unexplored. Consciousness has eluded explanation.

Nineteen Ways of Looking at Consciousness offers a brilliant overview of the state of modern consciousness research in twenty brief, revealing chapters. Neuroscientist and author Patrick House describes complex concepts in accessible terms, weaving brain science, technology, gaming, analogy, and philosophy into a tapestry that illuminates how the brain works and what enables consciousness. This remarkable book fosters a sense of mystery and wonder about the strangeness of the relationship between our inner selves and our environment.

A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin’s Press.

About Patrick House

PATRICK HOUSE is a neuroscientist and writer. His scientific research focuses on the neuroscience of free will and how mind-control parasites alter their host’s behavior. He writes about science, technology and culture for The New Yorker.com and Slate. He has a Ph.D. in neuroscience from Stanford University. He lives in Los Angeles, California.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Will

The brain…is a thrift-store bin of evolutionary hacks Russian-dolled into a watery, salty piñata we call a head.-------------------------------------- …consciousness is not something passed on or recycled--like single molecules of water, which are retained as they move about the earth as ice,......more

Goodreads review by Kara

Philosophy of the mind has always been one of my favourite realms of philosophy. I love thinking about how we think. About why we think. Consciousness, sentience, intelligence—how did these traits evolve? How do they even work? Patrick House explores Nineteen Ways of Looking at Consciousness (litera......more

Quotes

"Intriguing...impressively rich. This is bursting with insight." —Publishers Weekly

“An exploration of the possibilities of consciousness. . .investigations recall Oliver Sacks. . . Mixing science, metaphors, and philosophy, House provides elegant frameworks for ways to think about thinking.” —Kirkus Reviews

"In Nineteen Ways of Looking at Consciousness, Patrick House explores intensely interesting, beautifully provocative ideas about the neurobiology of consciousness. In addition to being an intellectual pleasure, this is an aesthetic one as well – House writes like a dream, with great drollness and elegance of phrase. This book is a gem."
—Robert Sapolsky, New York Times bestselling author of Behave and Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers

"A highly unusual but brilliant book...with a distinct voice that is fiercely unique."
—Christof Koch, president and chief scientist, Allen Institute for Brain Science and author of The Feeling of Life Itself and Consciousness