Consciousness explained

About “Consciousness explained”

This book challenges the traditional view of consciousness by arguing that Descartes' dualism of mind and body should be replaced with ideas from neuroscience, psychology, and artificial intelligence. The author claims that what people experience as the stream of consciousness is not a single, unified sequence but rather "multiple drafts" of reality created by a computer-like "virtual machine." Daniel Dennett explores how consciousness might have evolved in humans and examines long-standing questions about introspection, the self, and the consciousness of non-human animals.