A. J. Marcel, E. Bisiach.
Consciousness in Contemporary Science.
OUP. 1988
In recent years there has been an increasing interest in
the question of consciousness from a number of viewpoints.
In this book, the significance of consciousness in modern science
is discussed by a number of leading authorities from a variety of disciplines.
They address themselves to several main issues:
the status of different aspects of consciousness;
the criteria for using the concept of consciousness and identifying instances of it;
the basis of consciousness in functional brain organization;
the relationship between different levels of theoretical discourse;
and the functions of consciousness.
The book thus presents a wide-ranging survey of current thinking on an important topic.