The consciousness instinct: unraveling the mystery of how the brain makes the mind

Introduction

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.