Talking about Consciousness

This book is prefaced with the engaging assurance (pp. viii-ix)' that it is meant to be "tentative, hypothetical, exploratory", and that criticism, "even attack", is welcomed; after which any reviewerincluding this onewould wish to err on the side of charity. All the same, I think it important to say harsh things about the bookto make an example of it. This is partly because it shows us empiricism foraging on relatively unfamiliar terrain, and so may help illuminate the habits of that beast. But, more important, it offers a vital negative lesson about how to approach the study of consciousness in a development context.