Acts of Consciousness : A Social Psychology Standpoint (Paperback)

Introduction; Part I. To Be Conscious: 1. To teleport or not to teleport? (Parfit); 2. To be a person: ego, bundle and social theories; 3. To be captive; Part II. To Have Consciousness: 4. 'What is it like to be a bat?' (Nagel); 5. Treatments of subjective conscious experience in the arts; 6. A captive mind; Part III. To Know Consciously: 7. Landscape and the world about us; 8. 'Mary the colour scientist' (Jackson); 9. Knowing how it feels to be free; Conclusions.