Sentience: The Invention of Consciousness

by Nicholas Humphrey

Book Overview

The story of a quest to uncover the evolutionary history of consciousness from one of the world's leading theoretical psychologists.

We feel, therefore we are. Conscious sensations ground our sense of self. They are crucial to our idea of ourselves as psychic beings: present, existent, and mattering. But is it only humans who feel this way? Do other animals? Will future machines? Weaving together intellectual adventure and cutting-edge...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262047942
• ISBN13: 9780262047944
• Release Date: March 2023
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"