Where Is My Mind?

Here’s a great video of science writer Jonah Lehrer talking about the material of his latest book – about how the human mind makes decisions. There is some really interesting research going on at the moment that he draws our attention to.

 

I see that Lehrer has also reviewed the philosopher Alva Noë’s book "Out of Our Heads", in which Noë argues that our consciousness arises not solely within our brain but in the interplay of the brain with our environment. He’s not a dualist exactly, but he has an interesting way of looking at the phenomenon of consciousness that I really should take a look at.