Being you : a new science of consciousness / Anil Seth.

By:

Seth, Anil K [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: London, England : Faber & Faber Ltd, 2021Edition: Export edition.Description: 358 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cmISBN:

9780571337705

Subject(s):

Consciousness

LOC classification:

BF311 .S453 2021

Online resources:

Your brain hallucinates your conscious reality | Anil Seth | TED

Contents:

Anil Seth's Speaking Topics: The new science of consciousness — What is consciousness and how can it be explained? Anil will show how the new science of consciousness is dissolving this most obstinate, yet also most familiar of mysteries, and he’ll reveal its striking implications for how we live. — Being You - the science of perception and self — Anil shares his mind-bending insights into how we experience the world around us, and ourselves within it. His talk will turn what you thought you knew about yourself on its head. — Machine minds — As artificial intelligence grows increasingly powerful and prevalent, Anil shares his unique perspectives on its development, busts many myths about the idea of ‘conscious machines’, and will leave you with a new appreciation for what it means to be human. — How to build a dreamachine. — Anil will use his experiences as lead scientist on the ground-breaking Dreamachine project to explore how art and science together can shed new light on the human condition, and help each of better understand the power and potential of our own minds and how we relate to each other.

Summary: Being You is not as simple as it sounds. Somehow, within each of our brains, billions of neurons work to create our conscious experience. How does this happen? Why do we experience life in the first person? After over twenty years researching the brain, world-renowned neuroscientist Anil Seth puts forward a radical new theory of consciousness and self. His unique theory of what it means to ‘be you’ challenges our understanding of perception and reality and it turns what you thought you knew about yourself on its head.Summary: World-renowned neuroscientist and Professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience at the University of Sussex. Author of Sunday Times Top 10 bestseller 'Being You: A New Science of Consciousness', named a 2021 Book of the Year for The Guardian, The Economist, The New Statesman, The FT and Bloomberg Business. His TED Talk, 'Your brain hallucinates your conscious reality', has over 14 million views.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-346) and index.

Anil Seth's Speaking Topics:
The new science of consciousness —

What is consciousness and how can it be explained? Anil will show how the new science of consciousness is dissolving this most obstinate, yet also most familiar of mysteries, and he’ll reveal its striking implications for how we live. —

Being You - the science of perception and self —

Anil shares his mind-bending insights into how we experience the world around us, and ourselves within it. His talk will turn what you thought you knew about yourself on its head. —

Machine minds —

As artificial intelligence grows increasingly powerful and prevalent, Anil shares his unique perspectives on its development, busts many myths about the idea of ‘conscious machines’, and will leave you with a new appreciation for what it means to be human. —

How to build a dreamachine. —

Anil will use his experiences as lead scientist on the ground-breaking Dreamachine project to explore how art and science together can shed new light on the human condition, and help each of better understand the power and potential of our own minds and how we relate to each other.

Being You is not as simple as it sounds. Somehow, within each of our brains, billions of neurons work to create our conscious experience. How does this happen? Why do we experience life in the first person? After over twenty years researching the brain, world-renowned neuroscientist Anil Seth puts forward a radical new theory of consciousness and self. His unique theory of what it means to ‘be you’ challenges our understanding of perception and reality and it turns what you thought you knew about yourself on its head.

World-renowned neuroscientist and Professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience at the University of Sussex.
Author of Sunday Times Top 10 bestseller 'Being You: A New Science of Consciousness', named a 2021 Book of the Year for The Guardian, The Economist, The New Statesman, The FT and Bloomberg Business.
His TED Talk, 'Your brain hallucinates your conscious reality', has over 14 million views.