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Alan Lightman, "The Transcendent Brain: Spirituality in the Age of Science" (Pantheon, 2023)

New Books in Psychology

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The Importance of Consciousness

There are various faith leaders who believe that consciousness is not physical at all. I disagree with that view and think that consciousness emerges from the interactions of neurons in the brain. We have this sensation that we give a name to and the name that we give it as consciousness. When we have a certain reaction to a painting or a symphony or a beautiful person, we have acertain reaction in the brain and we call that beauty,. Just like we have a name for the color red and the color blue.

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