Blackmore explores the big questions on the nature of brains, minds, and consciousness, through twenty lively and engaging interviews with some of the best-known personalities from the worlds of science and philosophy.

Sue Blackmore is a freelance writer, lecturer and broadcaster, and Visiting Lecturer at the University of the West of England, Bristol. Following a degree in psychology and physiology from Oxford University, she completed her doctorate in parapsychology at the University of Surrey. Her research interests include consciousness, evolutionary theory, and memetics. Sue practices Zen, and her previous books include The Meme Machine, Consciousness: An Introduction, and Consciousness: A Very Short Introduction.

• 1: Introduction


• 2: Bernard Baars


• 3: Ned Block


• 4: David Chalmers


• 5: Patricia and Paul Churchland


• 6: Francis Crick


• 7: Daniel Dennett


• 8: Susan Greenfield


• 9: Richard Gregory


• 10: Stuart Hameroff


• 11: Christof Koch


• 12: Stephen LaBerge


• 13: Thomas Metzinger


• 14: Roger Penrose


• 15: Kevin O'Regan


• 16: Vilayanur Ramachandran


• 17: John Searle


• 18: Petra Stoerig


• 19: Francisco Varela


• 20: Max Velmans


• 21: Daniel Wegner


• Glossary


• Index