Wider than the sky : the phenomenal gift of consciousness / Gerald M. Edelman.

London : Allen Lane/Penguin, 2004.

xiii, 201 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-185) and index.

The mind of man: completing Darwin's program -- Consciousness: the remembered present -- Elements of the brain -- Neural Darwinism: a global brain theory -- The mechanisms of consciousness -- Wider than the sky: qualia, unity, and complexity -- Consciousness and causation: the phenomenal transform -- The conscious and the nonconscious: automaticity and attention -- Higher-order consciousness and representation -- Theory and the properties of consciousness -- Identity: the self, mortality, and value -- Mind and body: some consequences.