Introduction Some (Possibly) Boring but Important Notes on Language 1. A Stream of Illusion 2. The Hard Problem 3. The Old Steam Whistle Test 4. Making Consciousation 5. Consciousness and the Brain 6. The Conscious Body 7. The Conscious Self 8. Fractured Consciousness 9. A Conscious Universe? References Further Reading Index Authors of sidebars: Igor Aleksander, Susan J. Blackmore, David Chalmers, Daniel C. Dennett, Andrew Duggins, Chris Frith, Jeffrey Gray, Stuart Hameroff, Nicholas Humphrey, J. Kevin O'Regan, Jaak Panksepp, David Rosenthal, Alwyn Scott, John Searle, John Skoyles