Table of Contents

Anthony J. Marcel & E. Bisiach: A cautious welcome: an introduction and guide to the book; Kathleen Wilkes: - , yishi, duh, um, and consciousness; Daniel C. Dennett: Quining qualia; Robert Van Gulick: Consciousness, intrinsic intentionality, and self-understanding machines; Edoardo Bisiach: The (haunted) brain and consciousness; Anthony J. Marcel: Phenomenal experience and functionalism; Alan Allport: What concept of consciousness?; Lawrence Weiskrantz:
Some contributions of neuropsychology of vision and memory to the problem of consciousness; Matthew Hugh Erdelyi: Hypermnesia and insight; Michael S. Gazzaniga: Brain modularity: towards a philosophy of
conscious experience; Marcel Kinsbourne: Integrated field theory of consciousness; Richard L. Gregory: Consciousness in science and philosophy: consciousness and con-science; Patricia Smith Churchland: Reduction and the neurobiological basis of consciousness; Tim Shallice: Information-processing models of consciousness: possibilities and problems; Carlo Umilta: The control and operations of consciousness; Philip N. Johnson-Laird: A computational analysis of consciousness; Keith Oatley: On
changing one's mind: a possible function of conciousness; Index.

Reviews

`It is a pleasure to report that the present volume is a wonderful collection of papers from a variety of psychologically relevant perspectives that are actually written to address the issue of consciousness head on.'

`The book is full of memorable and challenging statements, ...., the spirit of the presentations, and their collection in one volume, singles this out as that most rare of beasts, a book that nearly all psychologists will find of interest.' The Psychologist
the book presents a wide-ranging survey of current thinking on an important topic.
Marcel,A.J. & Bisiach, E. (1992) Consciousness in Contemporary science.
'a good picture of the current state of play in the various fields involved'
Network, December 1993, No. 53
'this book reflects well the current contemporary discussion on consciousness ... fascinating collection ... I will continue to enjoy this collection for some time.'
Chris Code, University of Sydney, Aphasiology, 1994, Vol. 8, No. 3