New Directions in Consciousness Studies

Chris Nunn is a retired Consultant Psychiatrist, who used to work in association with the Medical School at Southampton University, UK. He has been Associate Editor of the Journal of Consciousness Studies for the past fifteen years.

‘For scientifically inclined readers who are not satisfied with current mechanistic approaches to the mind, this is the most interesting book on the Hard Problem of Consciousness to appear in recent years. In search of foundations of conscious activity in nature, Chris Nunn discusses promising research programs in Physics, Neuroscience and Psychology, and synthesises several decades of research on consciousness studies. The ideas are intuitive, and presented from an astute and very well informed perspective. The book presents an encompassing conjecture that deserves attention of everyone in the field’. - Alfredo Pereira Jr., University of Sao Paulo, Brazil'The strength of this book is found in frequent creative examples, distillation of the author's position presented in the index, and clear identfication of his arguments at the end of each chapter segueing into his next lines of evidence. Also helpful are short chapters that end with a line of questioning that begins the net chapter.' - Susan Gordon, National University, La Jolla, California, PsycCritiques

• 1. Swings and Roundabouts 2. Picturing ‘Mind’ 3. Wetware 4. On Time 5. New Frontiers 6. Broken Symmetry 7. Qualia 8. Rocks from the Sky (part 1) 9. Rocks from the Sky (part 2) 10. Life at the Edge 11. New Directions 12. Speculations and Implications 13. Loose Ends and New Beginnings