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Abstract

From one of the most original and influential neuroscientists at work today, here is an exploration of consciousness unlike any other-as told by Galileo, who opened the way for the objectivity of science and is now intent on making subjective experience a part of science as well. Giulio Tononi is one of the most creative and the most influential neurologists in the world nowadays. Tononis way of exploring consciousness is different from those of the others, which is that his course of exploring consciousness is narrated by Galileo who used to pave the way for the objectivity of science and devoted himself to making subjective experience a part of science in the book Phi:a Voyage from the Brain to the Soul. Galileo's journey has three parts, each with a different guide. In the first, accompanied by a scientist who resembles Francis Crick, he learns why certain parts of the brain are important and not others, and why consciousness fades with sleep. In the second part, when his companion seems to be named Alturi (Galileo is hard of hearing; his companion's name is actually Alan Turing), he sees how the facts assembled in the first part can be unified and understood through a scientific theory-a theory that links consciousness to the notion of integrated information (also known as phi). In the third part, accompanied by a bearded man who can only be Charles Darwin, he meditates on how consciousness is an evolving, developing, ever-deepening awareness of ourselves in history and culture-that it is everything we have and everything we are. Not since Gödel, Escher, Bach has there been a book that interweaves science, art, and the imagination with such originality. This beautiful and arresting narrative will transform the way we think of ourselves and the world.

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Abstract

Woher wissen wir, dass wir wissen? Wie entsteht das Gefühl für unser Selbst? Welche Rolle spielen Emotionen und Gefühle im Bewusstseinsprozess? In einer klaren, gut verständlichen Sprache beschreibt der weltweit berühmte Neurologe Antonio Damasio, warum wir fühlen, was wir sind. Zahlreiche Fallbeispiele aus seinem Patientenkreis veranschaulichen dabei, welch kuriose und schreckliche Folgen Schädigungen des Gehirns für unser Selbstverständnis haben können. Eine spannende Reise in die Tiefe unseres Bewusstseins.