A Brief Tour of Human Consciousness
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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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| A Brief Tour of Human Consciousness canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9744050 — 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: A Brief Tour of Human Consciousness Context triple: [V. S. Ramachandran, notableWork, A Brief Tour of Human Consciousness]
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A.
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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B.
Conversations on Consciousness
Conversations on Consciousness is a philosophical book by Susan Blackmore that presents a series of interviews with leading scientists and philosophers exploring the nature of consciousness and the mind.
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C.
The Large, the Small and the Human Mind
The Large, the Small and the Human Mind is a philosophical and scientific book exploring the nature of reality, consciousness, and the relationship between quantum mechanics, cosmology, and human understanding.
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D.
The Concept of Mind
The Concept of Mind is a 1949 philosophical work by Gilbert Ryle that critiques Cartesian dualism and introduces the idea of mental concepts as dispositions rather than inner ghostly states.
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E.
Orch-OR theory of consciousness
The Orch-OR theory of consciousness is a controversial proposal suggesting that conscious experience arises from quantum processes within neuronal microtubules in the brain.
- 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: A Brief Tour of Human Consciousness Target entity description: 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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A.
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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B.
Conversations on Consciousness
Conversations on Consciousness is a philosophical book by Susan Blackmore that presents a series of interviews with leading scientists and philosophers exploring the nature of consciousness and the mind.
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C.
The Large, the Small and the Human Mind
The Large, the Small and the Human Mind is a philosophical and scientific book exploring the nature of reality, consciousness, and the relationship between quantum mechanics, cosmology, and human understanding.
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D.
The Concept of Mind
The Concept of Mind is a 1949 philosophical work by Gilbert Ryle that critiques Cartesian dualism and introduces the idea of mental concepts as dispositions rather than inner ghostly states.
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E.
Orch-OR theory of consciousness
The Orch-OR theory of consciousness is a controversial proposal suggesting that conscious experience arises from quantum processes within neuronal microtubules in the brain.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | book ⓘ |
| aimsTo | explain how the mind works ⓘ |
| author | V. S. Ramachandran ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| discusses |
body image disorders
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neurological case studies ⓘ phantom limb syndrome ⓘ visual perception ⓘ |
| explores |
neurological basis of perception
ⓘ
neurological basis of self-awareness ⓘ relationship between brain and mind ⓘ unusual brain disorders ⓘ |
| genre | popular science ⓘ |
| hasAuthorOccupation | neuroscientist ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
book
ⓘ
print ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
neuroscientific
ⓘ
scientific ⓘ |
| hasTitle | A Brief Tour of Human Consciousness ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
general audience
ⓘ
readers interested in neuroscience ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
brain
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consciousness ⓘ neurological disorders ⓘ neuroscience ⓘ perception ⓘ self-awareness ⓘ |
| nonfictionSubject |
cognitive science
ⓘ
philosophy of mind ⓘ psychology ⓘ |
| workOf | V. S. Ramachandran ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: A Brief Tour of Human Consciousness Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (4)
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