The Ego Tunnel: The Science of the Mind and the Myth of the Self

Metzinger, Thomas

ISBN 10: 0465020690 / ISBN 13: 9780465020690

Published by Basic Books, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Ego Tunnel: The Science of the Mind and the Myth of the Self
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0465020690
• ISBN 13: 9780465020690
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Examine the inner workings of the mind and learn what consciousness and a sense of self really means - and if it even exists.

About the Author

Thomas Metzinger is former Chairman of the Philosophy Department at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany, where he now directs the Theoretical Philosophy Group. He presented the prestigious Foerster Lecture in 2004 at the University of California, Berkeley. His previous book, Being No One: A Self Model Theory of Subjectivity, was celebrated as "a milestone of modern philosophy of mind" by the US journal Philosophy of Science.