Readings ... to get started

Our textbook is B.J. Baars (1997) In the Theater of Consciousness: The Workspace of the Mind. Here is the Amazon link.

 http://www.amazon.com/Theater-Consciousness-Workspace-Mind/dp/0195147030

 You can download a pdf file with the first two chapters here: Baars Theater book Ch 1-2.pdf.

 Chapters 3 and 4, in case you have not received the book --- (sorry, I don't have the figures from 1996...) Oxford Theater ch 3-4.doc

An overview of the viewpoint we will take in this course is here:   Baars_Theater_JCS1997.pdf

WEEK 1

Lecture 1  Lect1_BK_F07.pdf

Audio Week 1:

Course Introduction. A_CsnsF07-IntroA.mp3   B_CsnsF07_IntroB.mp3

Phenomenology Lab 1. C_PhenomLab_1.mp3    D_PhenomLab_1.mp3

P-Lab 1 Phenomenology Lab 1 Meditation and Diary

WEEK 2

LECTURE 2 ... Lect2_F07.pdf

P-Lab 2

Audio Week 2   Wk2_BJB.mp3

WEEK 3             Use the Checklist to stay organized: Week_3_checklist.rtf   

Lecture Week 3   Lect3_WebCourse_2007.pdf

P-Lab Week 3   Lect3_WebCourse_2007.pdf

Audio Week 3   week_3_bjb-cmg.mp3

WEEK 4   

Lecture Week 4   Week 4 Lect4.pdf

No P-Lab - See this week's lecture instead.

Audio Week 4. Week_4_bjb.mp3

WEEK 5

Lecture Week 5. Lect_5_Baars2007_Context.pdf

P-Lab Week 5. P-Lab 5 - Creating context.pdf

Audio Week 5: mp3 file (larger) Wk5Aud 2.mp3

Audio Week 5: m4a file (smaller) Wk5Aud.m4a

WEEK 6

Lecture Week 6. Lect6 - Baars & McGovern.doc

P-Lab Week 6. PLab6_Meaning&Twilight_States.pdf

Audio Week 6: mp3 file (larger)  P-Lab6_Meaning_Twilight.mp3

Audio Week 6: m4a file (smaller) P-Lab6_Meaning_Twilight.m4a

For current news in consciousness science, see Science & Consciousness Review. Be sure to take a look at previous years (back to 2002) for a wide range of readable articles on important topics for this course.  SCR  

 (We are grateful for the SCR editors and web masters, especially Thomas Zoëga Ramsøy, Alice Kim, Virgil Griffith and Sidney D'Mello, for five years of dedicated work on SCR!)