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What is the book Consciousness: An Introduction about? - Chapter 0 - Exclusive

When and how is the concept of consciousness introduced? - Chapter 1 - Exclusive

What would it be like to be something else? - Chapter 2 - Exclusive

What is the big illussion when researching consciousness? - Chapter 3 - Exclusive

What is the role of neuroscience and how does it correlate with consciousness? - Chapter 4 - Exclusive

How can the brain be compared to a theater? - Chapter 5 - Exclusive

How does consciousness form a unity? - Chapter 6 - Exclusive

What is the relationship between attention and awareness? - Chapter 7 - Exclusive

What is the difference between consciousness and unconsciousness? - Chapter 8 - Exclusive

How are agency and free will related to consciousness? - Chapter 9 - Exclusive

What is the relationship between evolution, the spirit of animals, and consciousness? - Chapter 10 - Exclusive

What is the function of consciousness? - Chapter 11 - Exclusive

How are machines related to evolution? - Chapter 12 - Exclusive

What are altered states of consciousness? - Chapter 13 - Exclusive

What is the difference between reality and fantasy? - Chapter 14 - Exclusive

What is the role of dreams in consciousness? - Chapter 15 - Exclusive

What are the roles of ego theories and bundle theories about the self? - Chapter 16 - Exclusive

How do we perceive ourselves? - Chapter 17 - Exclusive

What is meant by waking up? - Chapter 18 - Exclusive

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Summary - Consciousness: An Introduction - Blackmore, Troscianko - 3rd edition

Chapter 1 - When and how is the concept of consciousness introduced?
Chapter 2 - What would it be like to be something else?
Chapter 3 - What is the big illussion when researching consciousness?
Chapter 4 - What is the role of neuroscience and how does it correlate with consciousness?
Chapter 5 - How can the brain be compared to a theater?
Chapter 6 - How does consciousness form a unity?
Chapter 7 - What is the relationship between attention and awareness?
Chapter 8 - What is the difference between consciousness and unconsciousness?
Chapter 9 - How are agency and free will related to consciousness?
Chapter 10 - What is the relationship between evolution, the spirit of animals, and consciousness?
Chapter 11 - What is the function of consciousness?
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Examtests with the 3rd edition of Consciousness: An Introduction by Blackmore & Troscianko

When and how is the concept of consciousness introduced? - ExamTests 1
What would it be like to be something else? - ExamTests 2
What is the big illussion when researching consciousness? - ExamTests 3
What is the role of neuroscience and how does it correlate with consciousness? - ExamTests 4
How can the brain be compared to a theater? - ExamTests 5
How does consciousness form a unity? - ExamTests 6
What is the relationship between attention and awareness? - ExamTests 7
What is the difference between consciousness and unconsciousness? - Examtests 8
How are agency and free will related to consciousness? - ExamTests 9
What is the relationship between evolution, the spirit of animals, and consciousness? - Examtests 10
What is the function of consciousness? - ExamTests 11

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Book summary of Consciousness: An Introduction - Blackmore - 2nd European edition

What is the problem of consciousness? - Chapter 1 (2nd edition)
What is it like to be ...? - Chapter 2 (2nd edition)
What exemplifies conscious and unconscious action? - Chapter 3 (2nd edition)
How can the mind be seen as theater? - Chapter 4 (2nd edition)
What do attention and timing have to do with consciousness? - Chapter 5 (2nd edition)
What is meant by 'the grand illusion'? - Chapter 6 (2nd edition)
What do 'the self' and 'the multiple self' mean? - Chapter 7 (2nd edition)
Which theories about the self are there? - Chapter 8 (2nd edition)
When is there a question of free will? Chapter 9 (2nd edition)
How do the brain and consciousness interact with each other? - Chapter 10 (2nd edition)
In what way can

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Bulletpoints with Consciousness: An Introduction - Blackmore - 2nd European edition

Consciousness: An Introduction - Blackmore - 2nd European edition - BulletPoints

What's the problem? CH.1

The problem of consciousness is related to one of the oldest questions of philosophy: what does the world consist of? Who am I? This is in principle related to the mind-body problem: what is the relationship between the physical and the mental? Solutions to this problem can be distinguished in monistic theories, which suggest that there are one kind of things in the world, and dualistic theories, which suggest that there are two kinds of things.
Monistic theories assume that the world consists of only one kind of matter (body or mind). Examples of supporters of these monistic theories are the materialists.
In dualism it is a combination of matter (the body) and spirit. The most famous dualist is René Descartes. There are two types of dualism,

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