Consciousness at the Crossroads

This book addresses some of the most fundamental and troublesome questions that have driven a wedge between the realms of Western science and religion for centuries.

Introduction

7

(4)

1. Opening Remarks: Brain Science as a Path to World Peace

11

(6)

2. Toward a Natural Science of the Mind

17

(16)

The Philosophical Roots of Science

18

(1)

On Perception, Representation, and Conceptualization

19

(3)

Mind and Brain: One and the Same?

22

(2)

A Materialist Critique of Dualism

24

(5)

The Technological Bias of Mind/Brain Metaphors

29

(4)

3. A Buddhist Response

33

(4)

A Middle Path between Dualism and Materialism

34

(3)

4. The Spectrum of Consciousness: From Gross to Subtle

37

(20)

When Does Consciousness Begin?

41

(3)

On Specialization and Adaptation

44

(1)

The Continuity of Subtle Consciousness

45

(3)

Cosmology and the Origins of Consciousness

48

(9)

5. Mapping Brain Functions: The Evidence of Damage to Specific Brain Regions

57

(12)

Categorical Distinctions in Consciousness

61

(4)

The Brain's Representation of Body Awareness

65

(4)

6. Subliminal Awareness and Memories from Previous Lives

69

(8)

7. Steps toward an Anatomy of Memory

77

(10)

Memory Reenacts Perception

78

(1)

Isolating Memory: The Evidence of Damage

79

(3)

Different Types of Memory

82

(5)

8. Brain Control of Sleeping and Dreaming States

87

(16)

Measuring Sleep and Dream Cycles

89

(2)

Neuronal Controls of Sleeping, Dreaming, and Waking

91

(6)

What is the Purpose of Dreaming?

97

(2)

Lucid Dreaming

99

(4)

9. Manifestations of Subtle Consciousness

103

(6)

10. What Constitutes Scientific Evidence?

109

(12)

11. Psychiatric Illnesses and Psychopharmacology

121

(14)

Noninvasive Imaging: A Window on the Brain

123

(3)

Classifying Mental Illnesses

126

(1)

Advances in Psychopharmacology

127

(4)

The Genetic Inheritance of Mental Illness

131

(4)

12. The Limits of Intervention

135

(4)

13. A Buddhist Deconstruction of the Mind's Self

139

(10)

14. In Conclusion: Building Bridges

149

(4)

15. Afterword: Buddhist Reflections

153

(22)

B. Alan Wallace

Appendix: About the Mind and Life Institute

175

(6)

Notes

181

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