The Mystery of Consciousness

The question of just how the brain works, and the mystery of human consciousness, are the most important issues in philosophy and science today. In what began as a series of essays in The New York Review of Books. John Searle discusses the arguments of such well-known thinkers as Francis Crick, Gerald Edelman, Roger Penrose, Daniel Dennett, Israel Rosenfield, and David Chalmers. These appear here together with a new essay of his own. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.