Consciousness: A Book of Thinking
$31.26
- Paperback
156 pages
- Release Date
1 November 2026
Summary
What is consciousness, and why has it become such a controversial subject?
Consciousness has been described as “simultaneously the most familiar and the most mysterious thing in the universe.” It is something we experience in all our waking moments, yet science still struggles to agree about what it is or how it has arisen.
Among the many controversies covered by the book is the current debate over artificial intelligence. Can biological creatures such as robots share the powe…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781067083236 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1067083235 |
| Author: | Roger Horrocks |
| Publisher: | Atuanui Press |
| Imprint: | Atuanui Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 156 |
| Release Date: | 1 November 2026 |
| Dimensions: | 14mm x 148mm x 210mm |
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Critics Review
“Roger Horrocks has always looked, listened, thought, and read widely and generously. Consciousness, written with his hallmark lucidity, is astonishingly up to date, patient, penetrating, polyphonic (science, philosophy, art, experience), and pleasurable.” — Emeritus Professor Brian Boyd
“He wears his knowledge lightly with a great ability to make complex issues clear.” — Emeritus Professor Wystan Curnow
Roger Horrocks
Roger Horrocks is a New Zealand writer, educator, and cultural activist. He is an Emeritus Professor at the University of Auckland.
His awards include the Pou Aronui Prize from the Royal Society of New Zealand and an MNZM in the New Year’s Honours. His philosophical poetry book, Song of the Ghost in the Machine, was a finalist in the 2016 New Zealand Book Awards. A Book of Thinking completes the trilogy he began with Book of Seeing and Book of Listening.
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