Stairway to the Mind: The Controversial New Science of Consciousness
...a work of enormous scope and ambition, yet written in a lucid style, with great modesty. --Journal of Consciousness Studies...presented intelligently, poetically, and even humorously, on a serious subject that has confounded famous thinkers for centuries. --Choice...the critical survey of 20th-century thought is fascinating and highly relevant. --The Times Higher Education SupplementA very elegant, thorough and informative defense ... concerning the mind as an "emergent phenomenon". I recommend it very warmly indeed. --Sir Roger Penrose, University of Oxford [author of Shadows of the Mind]An enormously ambitious undertaking, which Scott accomplishes deftly and with considerable charm...a refreshing excursion through difficult territory. --Erich Harth, Syracuse University [author of The Creative Loop]