Reflections on the Problem of Consciousness

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. Neither neuro-scientists nor psychologists nor philosophers have so much as tackled this problem head-on, (despite many claims to the contrary) let alone solved it. In this study, Errol Harris considers the attempts that have been made by several important neuro-scientists and philosophers to address the question, and he makes his own suggestions as to how it might be approached with the best prospect of intelligibility.
Contents: Preface
* I: The Crucial Question ? Mind, Brain and Body
* II: Dennett and Descartes
* III: A Natural Method
* IV: Descartes?s Error and Spinoza?s Truth
* V: The Dynamic Brain
* VI: Guidance from Past Insights
* VII: The Conditions of Consciousness
* VIII: Who or What Thinks?
* IX: Towards a Solution
* Appendix The Theory of Emergence and Contemporary Criticism
* Bibliography. Index.