Consciousness: How Our Brains Turn Matter into Meaning - Softcover

Parrington, John

 
9781837730780: Consciousness: How Our Brains Turn Matter into Meaning
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1837730784 ISBN 13: 9781837730780
Verlag: Icon Books, 2023

Inhaltsangabe

What is the material basis of the thoughts that occur inside our heads?

Where do imaginative, creative, or spiritual thoughts come from - can these really be the product of nerve impulses in the brain? And is the human mind radically different from that of other species, or is our uniqueness more superficial than real?

In this book, Oxford biologist John Parrington proposes a radical new theory of human consciousness, arguing that a qualitative leap in consciousness occurred during human evolution as language and the use of tools transformed our brains. Rejecting outdated views of the brain as a hard-wired circuit diagram, he draws on the latest insights from neuroscience to show that meaning is created within our heads through a dynamic interaction of oscillating brain waves.

This new model of consciousness not only provides a material basis of our innermost thoughts but also explains why the mind can sometimes go wrong, causing deep mental distress.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

John Parrington is an Associate Professor in Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology and a Tutorial Fellow in Medicine at the University of Oxford. He is the author of three previous books and over 110 peer-reviewed articles. His research focuses on how chemical signals regulate important processes in the body.

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Verlag
Icon Books
Erscheinungsdatum
2023
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1837730784
ISBN 13 
9781837730780
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
210
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