Understanding Consciousness
| Author | Max Velmans |
|---|---|
| Genre | Philosophy of mind, metaphysics, consciousness studies |
| Publisher | Routledge |
Publication date | 22 June 2000 |
| Publication place | UK |
| Pages | 296 (first edition hardback) |
| ISBN | 978-0415186551 |
Understanding Consciousness (2000) is a book by Max Velmans, Emeritus Professor of Psychology at Goldsmiths, University of London, which combines an account of scientific studies of consciousness with a perspective from the philosophy of mind. The book was shortlisted for the British Psychological Society book of the year award in 2001 and 2002. Philip Pullman called it "one of the clearest and most elegant accounts" he had seen of the topic.