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Exciting new developments in brain science are opening up debates on these issues, and the field has now expanded to include biologists, neuroscientists, psychologists, and philosophers.
Synopsis
How can a physical brain create our experience of the world? What creates our identity? Do we really have free will? Could consciousness itself be an illusion? This book attempts to clarify the potentially confusing arguments, and the major theories using illustrations, cartoons, and experiments.