Title:
Waking, dreaming, being : self and consciousness in neuroscience, meditation, and philosophy / Evan Thompson ; foreword by Stephen Batchelor.
Author:
Thompson, Evan, author.
Batchelor, Stephen, writer of preface.
Publication Information:
New York : Columbia University Press, [2015]
©2015
Call Number:
B808.9 .T456 2015
ISBN:
9780231137096
Physical Description:
xl, 453 pages ; 24 cm
Contents:
The Dalai Lama's conjecture -- Seeing: what is consciousness? -- Waking: how do we perceive? -- Being: what is pure awareness? -- Dreaming: who am I? -- Witnessing: is this a dream? -- Imagining: are we real? -- Floating: where am I? -- Sleeping: are we conscious in deep sleep? -- Dying: what happens when we die? -- Knowing: is the self an illusion?
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