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Tables of Contents for Consciousness at the Crossroads
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction
7
4
1. Opening Remarks: Brain Science as a Path to World Peace
11
6
2. Toward a Natural Science of the Mind
17
16
The Philosophical Roots of Science
18
1
On Perception, Representation, and Conceptualization
19
3
Mind and Brain: One and the Same?
22
2
A Materialist Critique of Dualism
24
5
The Technological Bias of Mind/Brain Metaphors
29
4
3. A Buddhist Response
33
4
A Middle Path between Dualism and Materialism
34
3
4. The Spectrum of Consciousness: From Gross to Subtle
37
20
When Does Consciousness Begin?
41
3
On Specialization and Adaptation
44
1
The Continuity of Subtle Consciousness
45
3
Cosmology and the Origins of Consciousness
48
9
5. Mapping Brain Functions: The Evidence of Damage to Specific Brain Regions
57
12
Categorical Distinctions in Consciousness
61
4
The Brain's Representation of Body Awareness
65
4
6. Subliminal Awareness and Memories from Previous Lives
69
8
7. Steps toward an Anatomy of Memory
77
10
Memory Reenacts Perception
78
1
Isolating Memory: The Evidence of Damage
79
3
Different Types of Memory
82
5
8. Brain Control of Sleeping and Dreaming States
87
16
Measuring Sleep and Dream Cycles
89
2
Neuronal Controls of Sleeping, Dreaming, and Waking
91
6
What is the Purpose of Dreaming?
97
2
Lucid Dreaming
99
4
9. Manifestations of Subtle Consciousness
103
6
10. What Constitutes Scientific Evidence?
109
12
11. Psychiatric Illnesses and Psychopharmacology
121
14
Noninvasive Imaging: A Window on the Brain
123
3
Classifying Mental Illnesses
126
1
Advances in Psychopharmacology
127
4
The Genetic Inheritance of Mental Illness
131
4
12. The Limits of Intervention
135
4
13. A Buddhist Deconstruction of the Mind's Self
139
10
14. In Conclusion: Building Bridges
149
4
15. Afterword: Buddhist Reflections
153
22
B. Alan Wallace
Appendix: About the Mind and Life Institute
175
6
Notes
181