'The author has produced a book which is lucidly written, closely reasoned and not overly polemical ... This is more than just a good book - it is an important book.' - Times Higher Educational Supplement

• Part 1 The Retreat of Physicalism; Chapter 1 Physicalism, Ontology and Explanation; Chapter 2 Positive Reductive Strategies; Chapter 3 Negative Reductive Strategies; Part 2 The Problem of Consciousness; Chapter 4 Varieties of Supervenience; Chapter 5 Consciousness, Information and Epiphenomenalism; Chapter 6 Consciousness and Causal Efficacy; Chapter 7 Reconciliation and Mystery;

'The author has produced a book which is lucidly written, closely reasoned and not overly polemical ... This is more than just a good book - it is an important book.' - Times Higher Educational Supplement

• Part 1 The Retreat of Physicalism; Chapter 1 Physicalism, Ontology and Explanation; Chapter 2 Positive Reductive Strategies; Chapter 3 Negative Reductive Strategies; Part 2 The Problem of Consciousness; Chapter 4 Varieties of Supervenience; Chapter 5 Consciousness, Information and Epiphenomenalism; Chapter 6 Consciousness and Causal Efficacy; Chapter 7 Reconciliation and Mystery;

'The author has produced a book which is lucidly written, closely reasoned and not overly polemical ... This is more than just a good book - it is an important book.' - Times Higher Educational Supplement

• Part 1 The Retreat of Physicalism; Chapter 1 Physicalism, Ontology and Explanation; Chapter 2 Positive Reductive Strategies; Chapter 3 Negative Reductive Strategies; Part 2 The Problem of Consciousness; Chapter 4 Varieties of Supervenience; Chapter 5 Consciousness, Information and Epiphenomenalism; Chapter 6 Consciousness and Causal Efficacy; Chapter 7 Reconciliation and Mystery;