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The Limits of Consciousness A Conversation with Martin Monti.

This book is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Martin Monti, Associate Professor in Psychology and Neurosurgery, Brain Injury Research Centre, UCLA. This wide-ranging conversation examines Martin Monti's innovative work with patients who are in a vegetative stat...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Burton, Howard
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto : Open Agenda Publishing, 2020.
Series:Ideas Roadshow Conversations Ser.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • A Note on the Text
  • Introduction
  • The Conversation
  • I. Dualism and Science Journalism
  • II. Inside The Other
  • III. The Vegetative State
  • IV. Probing Vegetative States
  • V. Beyond Reflex
  • VI. Assessing Consciousness
  • VII. Extracting Information
  • VIII. Quantifying Consciousness
  • IX. Interdisciplinary Interlude
  • X. Language and Thought
  • XI. Structural Similarities?
  • XII. What Makes Us Human
  • Continuing the Conversation