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Books on brain/mind, neuroscience, evolution of brain etc. #4

Consciousness, free will

  • Soul Dust: the Magic of Consciousness by Nicholas Humphrey, consciousness is magical show we produce for ourselves; evolutionary psych, majesty & wonder. 2011 pb Bb 1/2013
  • Michael Gazzaniga, Who’s In charge? Free Will and the Science of the Brain (2011) lectures, incl “interpreter.” against mere determinism. May expl consciousness
  • Free Will by Sam Harris 3-2012
  • Self Comes to Mind: constructing the conscious brain by Antonio Damasio 2010
  • Freedom Evolves, by Daniel Dennett (2003) Jc 8-10
  • The Feeling of What Happens: Body and Emotion in the Making of Consciousness, by Antonio Damasio, 1999