An argument that consciousness, more widespread than previously assumed, is the feeling of being alive, not a type of computation or a clever hack.
1) What Is Consciousness?
2) Who Is Consciousness?
3) Animal Consciousness
4) Consciousness and the Rest
5) Consciousness and the Brain
6) Tracking the Footprints of Consciousness
7) Why We Need a Theory of Consciousness
8) Of Wholes
9) Tools to Measure Consciousness
10) The Uber-Mind and Pure Consciousness
11) Does Consciousness Have Function?
12) Consciousness and Computationalism
13) Why Computers Can't Experience
14) Is Consciousness Everywhere?
Christof Koch is President and Chief Scientist of the Allen Institute for Brain Science in Seattle, following twenty-seven years as a Professor at the California Institute of Technology. He is the author of Consciousness- Confessions of a Romantic Reductionist (MIT Press), The Quest for Consciousness- A Neurobiological Approach, and other books.
"Christof Koch has been leading the charge in consciousness science
since there was a charge to lead. His latest book showcases his
writerly instincts as well as his scientific acumen, drawing on his
deep involvement in the field to paint a compelling picture of the
science of experience itself." – Anil K. Seth, Professor of
Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience, University of Sussex;
editor of 30 Second Brain
"Koch’s controversial and witty book provides a broad view of
consciousness, together with a thorough review of his scientific
research, inspired by Francis Crick. It discusses issues such as
the existence of consciousness in other species and attempts at
developing tools and techniques to measure it." – Ada Yonath,
Director of the Helen and Milton A. Kimmelman Center for
Biomolecular Structure and Assembly of the Weizmann Institute of
Science; winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 2009
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