The Nature of Consciousness: Philosophical Debates, N. Block, O. Flanagan, and G. Güzeldere (Eds.). 1997. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. 843 pp., $29.95 (PB). Also reviewed: Consciousness Lost and Found, by L. Weiskrantz. 1997. New York: Oxford University Press. 294 pp., $25.00 (HB).
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 March 2000
Biased over 70 years of acquired preconceptions, I will discuss mainly Philosophical Debates, with occasional references to Consciousness Lost and Found. The bottom line is that neuropsychologists are more likely to benefit from Lost and Found than from Debates.