The Ancient Origins of Consciousness: How the Brain Created Experience

The Ancient Origins of Consciousness: How the Brain Created Experience
ISBN-10
0262534606
ISBN-13
9780262534604
Category
Science
Pages
392
Language
English
Published
2017-09
Authors
Todd E. Feinberg, Jon M. Mallatt

Description

"How is consciousness created? When did it first appear on Earth, and how did it evolve? What constitutes consciousness, and which animals can be said to be sentient? In [this book], Todd Feinberg and Jon Mallatt draw on recent scientific findings to answer these questions--and to tackle the most fundamental question about the nature of consciousness: How does the material brain create subjective experience? The authors argue that consciousness appeared much earlier in evolutionary history than is commonly assumed, evolving simultaneously but independently in the first vertebrates and possibly arthropods more than half a billion years ago. Combining evolutionary, neurobiological, and philosophical approaches allows Feinberg and Mallatt to offer an original solution to the "hard problem" of consciousness"--Back cover.

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