The Quest for Consciousness: A Neurobiological Approach
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The Quest for Consciousness: A Neurobiological Approach is a seminal book by neuroscientist Christof Koch that explores the neural basis of conscious experience and proposes testable theories linking brain activity to awareness.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Quest for Consciousness: A Neurobiological Approach canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11108802 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Quest for Consciousness: A Neurobiological Approach Context triple: [Christof Koch, notableWork, The Quest for Consciousness: A Neurobiological Approach]
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A Brief Tour of Human Consciousness
A Brief Tour of Human Consciousness is a popular science book by neuroscientist V. S. Ramachandran that explores the neurological basis of perception, self-awareness, and unusual brain disorders to illuminate how the mind works.
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The Question of Consciousness
"The Question of Consciousness" is a chapter in the Dalai Lama’s book *The Universe in a Single Atom* that explores the nature of consciousness through dialogue between Buddhist philosophy and modern science.
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Consciousness: An Introduction
Consciousness: An Introduction is a widely used textbook by Susan Blackmore that surveys scientific, philosophical, and psychological approaches to understanding conscious experience.
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Consciousness and the Computational Mind
Consciousness and the Computational Mind is a foundational book by cognitive scientist Ray Jackendoff that explores how mental states and conscious experience can be understood within a computational theory of mind.
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Neurophilosophy: Toward a Unified Science of the Mind-Brain
Neurophilosophy: Toward a Unified Science of the Mind-Brain is a foundational book that integrates neuroscience and philosophy to explore how brain science can inform and reshape our understanding of the mind.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Quest for Consciousness: A Neurobiological Approach Target entity description: The Quest for Consciousness: A Neurobiological Approach is a seminal book by neuroscientist Christof Koch that explores the neural basis of conscious experience and proposes testable theories linking brain activity to awareness.
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A.
A Brief Tour of Human Consciousness
A Brief Tour of Human Consciousness is a popular science book by neuroscientist V. S. Ramachandran that explores the neurological basis of perception, self-awareness, and unusual brain disorders to illuminate how the mind works.
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B.
The Question of Consciousness
"The Question of Consciousness" is a chapter in the Dalai Lama’s book *The Universe in a Single Atom* that explores the nature of consciousness through dialogue between Buddhist philosophy and modern science.
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C.
Consciousness: An Introduction
Consciousness: An Introduction is a widely used textbook by Susan Blackmore that surveys scientific, philosophical, and psychological approaches to understanding conscious experience.
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D.
Consciousness and the Computational Mind
Consciousness and the Computational Mind is a foundational book by cognitive scientist Ray Jackendoff that explores how mental states and conscious experience can be understood within a computational theory of mind.
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E.
Neurophilosophy: Toward a Unified Science of the Mind-Brain
Neurophilosophy: Toward a Unified Science of the Mind-Brain is a foundational book that integrates neuroscience and philosophy to explore how brain science can inform and reshape our understanding of the mind.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
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| instanceOf |
book
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non-fiction book ⓘ scientific monograph ⓘ |
| addresses |
binding problem in perception
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distinction between conscious and unconscious processing ⓘ qualia as neural processes ⓘ relationship between attention and consciousness ⓘ |
| author | Christof Koch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| field |
cognitive science
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neurobiology ⓘ neuroscience ⓘ philosophy of mind ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
binocular rivalry
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experimental approaches to consciousness ⓘ linking brain activity to conscious experience ⓘ neural basis of subjective experience ⓘ testable theories of consciousness ⓘ visual perception and awareness ⓘ |
| genre |
popular science
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scientific literature ⓘ |
| hasForm |
hardcover edition
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paperback edition ⓘ printed book ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
naturalistic approach to mind
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neurobiological approach to consciousness ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
awareness
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cognitive neuroscience ⓘ consciousness ⓘ neural correlates of consciousness ⓘ neurobiology of consciousness ⓘ neuroscience ⓘ philosophy of mind ⓘ visual consciousness ⓘ |
| notableFor |
emphasis on testable predictions about consciousness
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influence on contemporary consciousness studies ⓘ integration of experimental data and theory ⓘ systematic treatment of neural correlates of consciousness ⓘ |
| proposesTheory |
information integration perspective on consciousness
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neural correlates of consciousness framework ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
general educated readers interested in consciousness
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philosophers of mind ⓘ scientists ⓘ students of neuroscience ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: The Quest for Consciousness: A Neurobiological Approach Description of subject: The Quest for Consciousness: A Neurobiological Approach is a seminal book by neuroscientist Christof Koch that explores the neural basis of conscious experience and proposes testable theories linking brain activity to awareness.
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