Looking for a good book on consciousness

[SnowGoose]

There are a lot of them out there, and my time is supremely scarce, so I can only read one for now.

Specifically, I'd like something on the neurological basis of consciousness - a little like the 'Enchanted Loom' so many years ago, but ideally more hardcore and less for the layperson.

I'm looking for something that is recent, because I'd like to get as close as I can to understanding the state of the art (knowing that by the time I get through the checkout, it's already obsolete).

If it helps you decide what to recommend, I got a master's degree in biology too many years ago, and I'm about midway through my PhD in toxicology, so don't spare the whip.

Thanks in advance!
SnowGoose

[lala_rawraw]

1. Bardo Thodel n/t

[SnowGoose]

4. For those of you who don't know

(and I didn't until I googled it) the Bardo Thodel is the Tibetan Book Of The Dead.

Thanks for your suggestion, lala.

[zbdent]

2. If you found one, how would you prove it to someone else?

:evilgrin:

[SnowGoose]

5. Descartes was a

cheese-eating french surrender monkey. But the coordinate plane was a pretty nifty idea.

(assuming I have correctly interpreted your allusion).

[theorist]

3. Edelman and Tonomi's "A Universe of Consciousness"

This book was one of the three texts used for a course I took called "States of Consciousness". I'll look up the other good one we used.

Edelman and Tonomi go into a lot of the current models of consciousness and the various implications. They even use some quantum mechanics terminology, too, which I liked.

[SnowGoose]

6. Thanks!

I appreciate it.