The Cambridge Handbook of Consciousness

The first handbook of its kind to address topics of consciousness from philosophical, anthropological and neuroscientific perspectives.

Philip David Zelazo (Edited by), Morris Moscovitch (Edited by), Evan Thompson (Edited by)

9780521674126, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 14 May 2007

998 pages, 11 tables
25.4 x 17.8 x 4.5 cm, 1.636 kg

"...the breath of coverage is impressive....a useful resource....In sum, the book displays how thoroughly our dualistically oriented culture's scientific investigation of human behavior is held in the grip of ancient traditional constructs that are imposed on observed events..."
--Noel W. Smith, State University of New York at Plattsburg, The Psychological Record

The Cambridge Handbook of Consciousness is the first of its kind in the field, and its appearance marks a unique time in the history of intellectual inquiry on the topic. After decades during which consciousness was considered beyond the scope of legitimate scientific investigation, consciousness re-emerged as a popular focus of research towards the end of the last century, and it has remained so for nearly 20 years. There are now so many different lines of investigation on consciousness that the time has come when the field may finally benefit from a book that pulls them together and, by juxtaposing them, provides a comprehensive survey of this exciting field. An authoritative desk reference, which will also be suitable as an advanced textbook.

Part I: 1. Introduction Philip David Zelazo, Morris Moscovitch and Evan Thompson
Part II. The Cognitive Science of Consciousness: 2. A brief history of the philosophical problem of consciousness William Seager
3. Philosophical theories of consciousness: contemporary Western perspectives Uriah Kriegel
4. Philosophical theories of consciousness: continental perspectives Evan Thompson and Dan Zahavi
5. Philosophical theories of consciousness: Asian perspectives George Dreyfus and Evan Thompson
6. Artificial intelligence and consciousness Drew McDermott
7. Computational models of consciousness: a taxonomy and some examples Ron Sun and Stan Franklin
8. Cognitive theories of consciousness Katherine McGovern and Bernard J. Baars
9. Behavioral, neuroimaging, and neuropsychological approaches to implicit perception Dan Simons, Deborah E. Hannula, David E. Warren and Steven W. Day
10. Three forms of consciousness in retrieving memories Henry L. Roediger III, Suparna Rajaram and Lisa Geraci
11. Metacognition and consciousness Asher Koriat
12. Consciousness and control of action Carlo Umilta
13. Language and consciousness Wallace Chafe
14. Narrative modes of consciousness and selfhood Keith Oatley
15. The development of consciousness Philip David Zelazo, Helena H. Gao and Rebecca Todd
16. States of consciousness: normal and abnormal variation J. Allan Hobson
17. Consciousness in hypnosis John F. Kihlstrom
18. Can we study subjective experiences objectively? First-person perspective approaches and impaired subjective states of awareness in schizophrenia? Jean-Marie Danion and Caroline Huron
19. Meditation and the neuroscience of consciousness: an introduction Antoine Lutz, John D. Dunne and Richard J. Davidson
20. Social psychological approaches to consciousness John Bargh
21. The evolution of consciousness Michael C. Corballis
22. The serpent's gift: evolutionary psychology and consciousness Jesse Bering and Dave Bjorklund
23. Anthropology of consciousness C. Jason Throop and Charles Laughlin
24. Motivation, decision making, and consciousness: from psychodynamics to subliminal priming and emotional constraint satisfaction Drew Westen, Joel Weinberger and Rebekah Bradley
Part III. The Neuroscience of Consciousness: 25. Hunting the ghost: toward a neuroscience of consciousness Petra Stoerig
26. Neurodynamical approaches to consciousness Diego Cosmelli, Jean-Philippe Lachaux and Evan Thompson
27. The thalamic intralaminar nuclei and the property of consciousness Joseph E. Bogen
28. The cognitive neuroscience of memory and consciousness Scott D. Slotnick and Daniel L. Schachter
29. The affective neuroscience of consciousness: higher order syntactic thoughts, dual routes to emotion and action, and consciousness Edmund Rolls
30. Consciousness: situated and social Ralph Adolphs
31. Quantum approaches to consciousness Henry Stapp.

Subject Areas: Cognition & cognitive psychology [JMR], Physiological & neuro-psychology, biopsychology [JMM], Psychological theory & schools of thought [JMA], Psychology [JM], Anthropology [JHM]