Author/Contributor(s): | Bayne, Tim |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press, USA |
Date: | 11/17/2012 |
Binding: | Paperback |
Condition: | NEW |
variety of cases - drawn from both normal and pathological forms of experience - in which the unity of consciousness is said to break down. Bayne argues that the unity of consciousness remains intact in each of these cases. Part III explores the implications of the unity of consciousness for
theories of consciousness, for the sense of embodiment, and for accounts of the self. In one of the most comprehensive examinations of the topic available, The Unity of Consciousness draws on a wide range of findings within philosophy and the sciences of the mind to construct an account of the unity
of consciousness that is both conceptually sophisticated and scientifically informed.