From the Book - First edition.
Part I. Getting ready for modern thought. History's rigid, rocky, and goofy way of thinking about consciousness
The dawn of empirical thinking in philosophy
Twentieth-century strides and openings to modern thought
Part II. The physical system. Making brains one module at a time
The beginnings of understanding brain architecture
Gramps is demented but conscious
Part III. Consciousness comes. The concept of complementarity : the gift from physics
Non-living to living and neurons to mind
Bubbling brooks and personal consciousness
Consciousness is an instinct.