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Waking, dreaming, being : self and consciousness in neuroscience, meditation, and philosophy / Evan Thompson.

By: Publisher: New York : Columbia University Press, [2015]Description: xl, 453 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780231137096 (cloth : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 128/.2 23
LOC classification:
  • B808.9 T456 2015
Contents:
The Dalai Lama's conjecture -- Seeing: what is consciousness? -- Waking: how do we perceive? -- Being: what is pure awareness? -- Dreaming: who am I? -- Witnessing: is this a dream? -- Imagining: are we real? -- Floating: where am I? -- Sleeping: are we conscious in deep sleep? -- Dying: what happens when we die? -- Knowing: is the self an illusion?.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Dalai Lama's conjecture -- Seeing: what is consciousness? -- Waking: how do we perceive? -- Being: what is pure awareness? -- Dreaming: who am I? -- Witnessing: is this a dream? -- Imagining: are we real? -- Floating: where am I? -- Sleeping: are we conscious in deep sleep? -- Dying: what happens when we die? -- Knowing: is the self an illusion?.

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