A LIBRARIAN’S ORIENTATION
What this book explores
A neuroscientist presents integrated information theory and argues that consciousness corresponds to intrinsic causal structure.
EDITORIAL NOTE
Why it’s in the Library
It keeps first-person experience in view while asking what a biological explanation would require. The book is useful as a lucid statement of one influential proposal, especially when read beside competing theories.
Good starting place if…
You want a neuroscientist's compact account of why subjective experience matters and how integrated information theory attempts to describe its physical basis.
Know before you begin…
Koch presents integrated information theory as a promising framework, but its definitions, predictions, and implications remain actively disputed. The book combines science, philosophy, and personal conviction rather than reporting consensus.