{"product_id":"the-blackwell-companion-to-consciousness-9780470674079","title":"The Blackwell Companion to Consciousness","description":"\u003cp\u003eUpdated and revised, the highly-anticipated second edition of \u003ci\u003eThe Blackwell Companion to Consciousness \u003c\/i\u003eoffers a collection of readings that together represent the most thorough and comprehensive survey of the nature of consciousness available today.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures updates to scientific chapters reflecting the latest research in the field\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes 18 new theoretical, empirical, and methodological chapters covering integrated information theory, renewed interest in panpsychism, and more\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCovers a wide array of topics that include the origins and extent of consciousness, various consciousness experiences such as meditation and drug-induced states, and the neuroscience of consciousness\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePresents 54 peer-reviewed chapters written by leading experts in the study of consciousness, from across a variety of academic disciplines\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Susan Schneider\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Cognitive Science at the University of Connecticut, a faculty member in the technology and ethics group at Yale's Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics and a member at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, NJ. Her work is on the nature of the self and mind, which she examines through issues in philosophy of mind, artificial intelligence (A.I.), metaphysics, astrobiology, epistemology, and neuroscience. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Language of Thought: a New Philosophical Direction\u003c\/i\u003e (2011) and \u003ci\u003eScience Fiction and Philosophy, Second Edition\u003c\/i\u003e (Wiley Blackwell, 2016), and was responsible for the volume's philosophical content. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Max Velmans\u003c\/b\u003e is Emeritus Professor of Psychology, Goldsmiths, University of London, and has been involved in consciousness studies for over 40 years. He has over 100 publications on this topic including \u003ci\u003eUnderstanding Consciousness\u003c\/i\u003e (2000\/2009) and \u003ci\u003eTowards a Deeper Understanding of Consciousness\u003c\/i\u003e (2017). He is a co-founder and former Chair of the Consciousness and Experiential Psychology Section of the British Psychological Society, and was responsible for the volume's scientific content.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51589672730898,"sku":"9780470674079","price":69.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9cb1bddd-92ff-48ef-9360-06b2da50bc7d.jpg?v=1756800699","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-blackwell-companion-to-consciousness-9780470674079","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}