Consciousness: An Introduction from Susan Blackmore and Emily T. Troscianko is an English-language textbook about consciousness, aimed at students in higher education. The book offers an extensive introduction to the main theories and insights from psychology, neuroscience, and philosophy.
This fourth edition addresses why consciousness is difficult to define and explores theories about attention, free will, and altered states of consciousness. The book also highlights current developments such as panpsychism, illusionism, predictive processing, and the role of psychedelics and AI. Susan Blackmore and Emily Troscianko thereby encourage critical thinking about the self, the mind, and the nature of consciousness.
Consciousness aligns with courses such as Psychology: states of consciousness and Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, and is suitable for students of psychology, philosophy, and neuroscience. With clear concept boxes, portraits of thinkers, and practice questions, it is a practical and comprehensive reference work within consciousness studies.