Anil Ananthaswamy | Dutton, 2016 | Book
Ananthaswamy explores a range of conditions that change our perception of ourselves, through extensive interviews with people experiencing their altered selves, their neuropsychologists, neuroscientists and philosophers. He attempts to answer the age-old question: Who am I?
Anil Ananthaswamy | Inquiry@UC Santa Cruz, 2022 | Article
Ananthaswamy talks to Janette Dinishak, Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Santa Cruz, about why it’s important to view autistic people as different not deficient.
Thomas Metzinger | Basic Books, 2010 | Book
In this empirically-grounded book, German philosopher Thomas Metzinger argues that we are completely mistaken in our belief that our self is an entity that exists. It doesn’t.
Anil Seth | Faber, 2021 | Book
An engaging and comprehensive tour of the rocky terrain that is the science and philosophy of consciousness.
V.S. Ramachandran | Harper Collins UK, 2006 | Book
In this landmark book, V.S. Ramachandran and Sandra Blakeslee explore the neuropsychological condition called phantom limb syndrome and what it tells us about how the brain creates perceptions of our own bodies.
Mark Epstein | Basic Books, 1996 | Book
In this book, Epstein brings together the worlds of Western psychotherapy and Buddhist philosophy and practice, using his own experience as a therapist, meditator and patient.
Antonio Damasio | Vintage, 2012 | Book
In this compelling monograph, Damasio argues that consciousness — the mind with a self — begins with a biological process created by a living organism and is not separate from the body.