Seeing Red: A Study in Consciousness

Seeing Red: A Study in Consciousness
ISBN-10
0674038908
ISBN-13
9780674038905
Series
Seeing Red
Category
Psychology
Pages
151
Language
English
Published
2009-06-30
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Author
Nicholas Humphrey

Description

Beginning with the seemingly simple act of seeing red, this brilliantly unsettling essay builds toward an explanation of why consciousness makes compelling evolutionary sense. From sensations that probably began in bodily expression to the evolutionary advantages of a conscious self, Seeing Red tracks the "hard problem" of consciousness to its source and its solution, a solution in which the very hardness of the problem may make all the difference.

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