The Blackwell Companion to Consciousness

<p>Updated and revised, the highly-anticipated second edition of <i>The Blackwell Companion to Consciousness </i>offers a collection of readings that together represent the most thorough and comprehensive survey of the nature of consciousness available today.</p> <ul> <li>Features updates to scientific chapters reflecting the latest research in the field</li> <li>Includes 18 new theoretical, empirical, and methodological chapters covering integrated information theory, renewed interest in panpsychism, and more</li> <li>Covers 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</li> <li>Presents 54 peer-reviewed chapters written by leading experts in the study of consciousness, from across a variety of academic disciplines</li> </ul>