Synthesizing decades of research, The Conscious Brain advances a new theory of the psychological and neurophysiological correlates of conscious experience.

Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the City University of New York, Graduate Center

• Preface


• Part I. A Theory of Consciousness


• Chapter 1. Do We Really Need Another Theory of Consciousness?


• Chapter 2. Which States Are Conscious? The Intermediate Level


• Chapter 3. When Are We Conscious? Attention and Availability


• Part II. The Limits of Consciousness


• Chapter 4. Does Consciousness Outstrip Perception? A Restrictive View


• Chapter 5. Why Are We Conscious? Action without Enaction


• Chapter 6. Whose Conscious States Are These? The Illusory Self


• Part III. The Metaphysics of Consciousness


• Chapter 7. How Is Consciousness Unified? Attentional Resonance


• Chapter 8. What Is Consciousness? Neural Correlates and Nuerofunctionalism


• Chapter 9. Could Consciousness Be Physical? The Brain Maintained


• Conclusion: AIR Compared