The Blackwell Companion to Consciousness
by Max Velmans (ed), Susan Schneider (ed)
2007

With fifty-five peer reviewed chapters written by the leading authors in the field, The Blackwell Companion to Consciousness is the most extensive and comprehensive survey of the study of consciousness available today.

• Provides a variety of philosophical and scientific perspectives that create a breadth of understanding of the topic
  
• Topics include the origins and extent of consciousness, different consciousness experiences, such as meditation and drug-induced states, and the neuroscience of consciousness