Anil Seth's radical new theory of consciousness challenges our understanding of perception and reality, doing for brain science what Dawkins did for evolutionary biology.
Anil Seth is a leading British researcher in the field of consciousness science. He is Professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience and Co-Director of the Sackler Centre for Consciousness Science at the University of Sussex. He writes regularly for New Scientist, Guardian and the BBC, and has been interviewed on Radio 4's The Life Scientific. His TED talk on consciousness has been viewed nearly 8 million times; he is currently a Wellcome Trust Engagement Fellow and he tweets at @anilkseth.
'Few people are as well positioned as Anil Seth to tackle the
question of consciousness. Beautifully written, crystal clear,
deeply insightful.' - DAVID EAGLEMAN
'If Anil Seth's book doesn't change the way you think, you need to
read it again. It's a tour de force exploration of what mind is,
what it can be, and how it creates all we can ever know.' - PHILIP
BALL
'Being You offers us a new cause for astonishment and wonder.
Through expert science writing and engaging personal narrative,
Anil gives us a new perspective on everything we perceive, down to
space and time itself. Being You is a must read for anyone seeking
a better understanding of the brain and how nature sculpts the
human experience.' - ANNAKA HARRIS, author of Conscious
'Seth provokes us to think about thinking. And he offers what the
interested reader always needs - a book which makes complex ideas
readable, relatable, and gripping. If you want to understand his
subject better - he'll help you. And who wouldn't want to better
understand consciousness? In our lives, there is nothing weirder or
more fundamental.' - ALEX GARLAND, director of EX MACHINA
'Anil Seth thinks clearly and sharply on one of the hardest
problems of science and philosophy, cutting through weeds with a
scientist's mind and a storyteller's skill.' - ADAM RUTHERFORD
'Seth is uniquely placed to truly advance our understanding of one
of humanity's deepest riddles.' - CHRIS ANDERSON, Curator of
TED
'Insightful and profound. The nature of consciousness is still one
of the hardest problems in science, but Anil Seth brings us closer
than ever before to the answer. This a hugely important book.' -
JIM Al-KHALILI
'A fascinating book. A joy to read. Anil Seth explores fundamental
questions about consciousness and the self from the perspective of
a philosophically-informed neuroscientist. Highly recommended.'
NIGEL WARBURTON
'In this lucid and though-provoking exploration of the nature of
consciousness, Seth takes us closer than ever to making sense of
our experience of being conscious selves. A must-read.' - ANIL
ANANTHASWAMY, author of The Man that Wasn't There
'What makes you, you? What explains your consciousness and sense of
self? In this remarkable and ground-breaking work, Anil Seth offers
a surprising answer, rooted in the new science of the predictive
brain. Compulsory reading.' - ANDY CLARK, author of Surfing
Uncertainty: Prediction, Action, and the Embodied Mind
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