Consciousness Quest

J.P. Das is an Indo-Canadian psychologist and an internationally recognized expert in Intelligence. Among his major contributions to psychology is the PASS (Planning, Attention, Simultaneous, and Successive) theory of intelligence. He is currently engaged in expanding planning to include executive functions. What might be the implications of these higher mental activities for education as well as management behavior is the topic of this book.Professor Das is an Emeritus Director of the Centre on Developmental & Learning Disabilities (named after him) at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, and Emeritus Professor in Educational Psychology. He has authored and co-authored over a dozen of books and contributed more than 300 research papers to international journals and edited volumes. His earlier published titles with SAGE include Cognitive Planning: The Psychological Basis of Intelligent Behaviour (1996, co-authored with Binod C. Kar and Rauno K. Parrila); The Working Mind (1998); Reading Difficulties and Dyslexia: An Interpretation for Teachers (2009); and Consciousness Quest: East Meets West (2014).

A remarkable and fascinating book, explores the entire spectrum of classical and modern philosophical notions and debates the role of scientific research in understanding consciousness...a unique repository of knowledge on one of the most sought after yet the most elusive subject. Both the future and present generation of thinkers will find here a mine of authentic information, knowledge and wisdom...research scholars and students of philosophy, psychology and human behaviour will find the book extremely useful.

• Foreword K Ramakrishna RaoPreface and AcknowledgmentsIntroductionConcept of Consciousness and Indian Theories of MindCognition, Neuropsychology, and ConsciousnessExperience of Consciousness: Eastern PhenomenologyExplanations from NeuroscienceConsciousness and Meditation: At the Intersection of Eastern Traditions and NeuroscienceFoundations of MindfulnessInterpretations of MindfulnessA Comparison of Two Cognitive Processing Models: The Abhidhamma and PASSContemporary Western Research: From Julian Jaynes to Eckhart TolleTalking about Consciousness, Self-knowledge, Access, and SentienceMaterialism and Behaviorism in Eastern Philosophy and Western PsychologyMaterial Basis of ConsciousnessOrigin and Uses of Consciousness: In the Beginning Is Its EndHard Problems: Legacy of Ancient TimesBibliographyIndex