[vslist] Book announcement: The World In Your Head
Steve Lehar
Steve Lehar" <slehar@cns.bu.edu
Fri Oct 4 11:45:18 2002
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The following book has just been released by Lawrence Erlbaum =
Associates:
The World In Your Head: A Gestalt view of the mechanism of conscious =
experience.
Steven Lehar
This book represents a bold assault on one of the greatest unsolved =
mysteries in science: the nature of consciousness and the human mind. =
Rather than examining the brain and nervous system to see what they tell =
us about the mind, this book begins with an examination of conscious =
experience to see what it can tell us about the brain. Through this =
analysis, the first and most obvious observation is that consciousness =
appears as a volumetric spatial void, containing colored objects and =
surfaces. This reveals that the representation in the brain takes the =
form of an explicit volumetric spatial model of external reality. The =
world we see around us therefore is not the real world itself, but =
merely a miniature virtual-reality replica of that world in an internal =
representation. This insight allows us to examine the world of visual =
experience not as scientists exploring the external world, but as =
perceptual scientists examining a rich and complex internal =
representation.=20
For more information on the book, see...
http://cns-alumni.bu.edu/~slehar/webstuff/book/WIYH.html
A short illustrated on-line summary of the key ideas behind the book can =
be found at...
http://cns-alumni.bu.edu/~slehar/epist/epist.html
The author's home page can be found at...
http://cns-alumni.bu.edu/~slehar/
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The following book has just been =
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Lawrence Erlbaum Associates:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><STRONG>The World In Your Head: A =
Gestalt view of=20
the mechanism of conscious experience</STRONG>.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Steven Lehar</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>This book represents a bold assault on one of the greatest unsolved =
mysteries in science: the nature of consciousness and the human mind. =
Rather=20
than examining the brain and nervous system to see what they tell us =
about the=20
mind, this book begins with an examination of conscious experience to =
see what=20
it can tell us about the brain. Through this analysis, the first and =
most=20
obvious observation is that consciousness appears as a volumetric =
spatial void,=20
containing colored objects and surfaces. This reveals that the =
representation in=20
the brain takes the form of an explicit volumetric spatial model of =
external=20
reality. The world we see around us therefore is not the real world =
itself, but=20
merely a miniature virtual-reality replica of that world in an internal=20
representation. This insight allows us to examine the world of =
visual=20
experience not as scientists exploring the external world, but as=20
<I>perceptual</I> scientists examining a rich and complex internal=20
representation. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>For more information on the book,=20
see...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20
href=3D"http://cns-alumni.bu.edu/~slehar/webstuff/book/WIYH.html">http://=
cns-alumni.bu.edu/~slehar/webstuff/book/WIYH.html</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>A short illustrated on-line summary of =
the key=20
ideas behind the book can be found at...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20
href=3D"http://cns-alumni.bu.edu/~slehar/epist/epist.html">http://cns-alu=
mni.bu.edu/~slehar/epist/epist.html</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The author's home page can be found=20
at...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20
href=3D"http://cns-alumni.bu.edu/~slehar/">http://cns-alumni.bu.edu/~sleh=
ar/</A></FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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