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elib.tech Exclusive… sharing elsewhere will result in being banned!  Downloadable now by Power Users and above.NB- It is the Audiobook that is exclusive to this site. Out of Our Heads: Why You Are Not Your Brain, and Other Lessons from the Biology of Consciousnessby Alva NöePDF – Much tidied OCR of very poor scanned upload from gigapedia.com. Audiobook – Webrip of enhanced quality download.Published 2009.DescriptionThe notion that consciousness is confined to the brain, like software in a computer, has dominated science and philosophy for close to two centuries. Yet, according to this incisive review of contemporary neuroscience from Berkeley philosopher Nöe, the analogy is deeply flawed. In eight illuminating, mercifully jargon-free chapters, he defines what scientists really know about consciousness and makes a strong case that mind and awareness are processes that arise during a dynamic dance with the observer’s surroundings. Nöe begins with a sharp critique of scientists, such as DNA co-discoverer Francis Crick, who insist that nothing but neurons determines our daily perceptions and sense of self. He then examines studies of human and animal behaviour that demonstrate an inextricable link between identity and environment. Nöe regrettably limits his treatise by ignoring considerable research from transpersonal psychology suggesting that consciousness transcends physicality altogether. Still, the resulting book is an invaluable contribution to cognitive science and the branch of self-reflective philosophy extending back to Descartes’ famous maxim, “I think, therefore I am.” — Carl Hays, Booklist————–I found this a fascinating listen / read. It delivers a wonderfully elegant but devastating blow to the neuroscientist notions of a completely brain based consciousness. I would also disagree with the above review as it would have confused the impact of his book to stray into the transpersonal – it would have allowed neuroscientists to dismiss his potent arguments. The narrator also has a wonderful voice so it seemed worth keeping the enhanced quality bit-rate.