1st Edition

The Dreaming Mind Understanding Consciousness During Sleep

By Melanie G. Rosen Copyright 2024
300 Pages
by Routledge

300 Pages
by Routledge

300 Pages
by Routledge

The Dreaming Mind provides an insightful, interdisciplinary approach to the study of dreaming, exploring its nature and examining some of the implications of dream states for theories of consciousness, cognition, and the self. Drawing on research from philosophy, cognitive science, and psychology, the book reveals new insights into the sleeping and waking mind. It considers philosophical... Read more

Introduction  1. The Science of Dreaming  2. Dream Content and Cognition  3. Are Dreams Conscious?  4. The Imagination Model of Dreaming  5. Dreaming as Hallucination  6. The Self in Vicarious  7. Dreaming vs. the Extended Mind  8. Consciousness in Dreams  

Biography

Melanie G. Rosen is assistant professor at Trent University, Canada. Her work takes an interdisciplinary approach to philosophy of mind and cognitive science with special interests in altered states of consciousness, dreams, delusions, memory, and perception.