On the Nature of Consciousness: Cognitive, Phenomenological, and Transpersonal Perspectives
- ISBN-10
- 0300062303
- ISBN-13
- 9780300062304
- Category
- Psychology
- Pages
- 358
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1995-01-01
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Author
- Harry T. Hunt
Description
Harry Hunt begins by reviewing the renewed interest in ordinary consciousness and in altered and transpersonal states of consciousness. He then presents competing views of consciousness in cognition, neurophysiology, and animal psychology, developing a view of perceptual awareness as the core of consciousness potentially shared across species.
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