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The Mind - A User's Manual
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Professor Taylor has been working on consciousness and the mind for many years and has investigated the paranormal, brain imaging, and neural network modeling of brain regions. He is Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at King’s College London and is on the Board of Governors of the International Neural Network Society.
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Introduction: Why a Mind-User’s Manual?

PART I: BEWARE THE IDES OF MIND.

Chapter 1: What’s in Your Mind?

Chapter 2. Defining Your Mind.

Chapter 3: A Guide to Mind-User’s Manuals.

Chapter 4: Wrapped in Religion.

Chapter 5: Drugged to Death.

Chapter 6: Adrift in the Asylum.

Chapter 7: Fooled by Feelings.

Chapter 8: The Mind User’s Manual Prerequisites.

PART II: CONSCIOUSNESS TAKES CONTROL. 

Chapter 9: Consciousness to the Rescue.

Chapter 10: Paying Attention.

Chapter 11: Attention as Control.

Chapter 12: Speeding Up to Consciousness.

Chapter 13: Through Attention to Consciousness.

Chapter 14: Relations.

PART III: IMPLICATIONS.

Chapter 15: Distorted Consciousness.

Chapter 16: Damaged Consciousness.

Chapter 17: Distorting Consciousness.

Chapter 18: Does Free Will Exist?

PART IV: IMPROVING THE MIND.

Chapter 19: Implications for Society.

Chapter 20: Training Attention.

Chapter 21: Infants and Children.

Chapter 22: Inside the Minds of Animals.

Chapter 23: Building a Mechanical Mind.

Chapter 24: A Proper Mind-User’s Manual.

Index.

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"…Written for those who are curious about their own minds, especially those interested in their own consciousness…" (Teesside Evening Gazette, September 2006)

"... a philosophical and individual account of the mind, and that is where its interest lies." (Rapport, November 2006)

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