Worlds of Awareness

Table of Contents

• Prologue: Questions of Consciousness
  Is rich consciousness a uniquely human accident, or does it manifest in diverse forms across species?

• Chapter 1: From Cosmos to Machine
  How we inherited a worldview that struggles to explain minds

• Chapter 2: Two Fundamental Perspectives
  Examining the foundations beneath our frameworks

• Chapter 3: The Limits of Language
  Why our vocabulary constrains what we can think

• Chapter 4: Consciousness Across Evolution
  Evidence from corvids, elephants, octopuses, and beyond

• Chapter 5: Ancient Minds
  Cetacean neuroscience, demonstrations of complex consciousness, and cosmic equivalence

• Chapter 6: Mind-Body Integration & A Participatory Universe
  Mind-body phenomena that challenge physicalism

• Chapter 7: Science and Scientism
  Scientific investigation does not require a metaphysical commitment to physicalism

• Chapter 8: A Recurring Recognition
  Mind and matter were inseparable for most of human history

• Chapter 9: A Culture of Consciousness
  Modern civilization’s lack of a culture of consciousness underlies our deepest crises

• [Chapter 10: A Quiet Revolution]
  *Human consciousness is evolving, one person at a time *

• [Chapter 11: Technology, Artificial Intelligence, and the Quest for Immortality]
  *The roots of human exceptionalism are intertwined with Christian theology *

• [Epilogue: What Remains]
  The invitation to experiment and judge by consequences