The Feeling of Life Itself: Why Consciousness Is Widespread but Can’t Be Computed, by Christof Koch Steven Rose is unconvinced by an ambitious attempt to explain consciousness By Steven Rose 19 September
The Evolution of the Sensitive Soul: Learning and the Origins of Consciousness, by Simona Ginsburg and Eva Jablonka Book of the week: Steven Rose praises a bold new attempt to explain the origins and nature of consciousness By Steven Rose 4 April
Troublesome Science: the Misuse of Genetics and Genomics in Understanding Race, by Rob DeSalle and Ian Tattersall Book of the week: Taxonomy is a weapon wielded against myths that are difficult to kill off, says Steven Rose By Steven Rose 14 June
I Am Not a Brain: Philosophy of Mind for the 21st Century, by Markus Gabriel Are humans just a ‘pack of neurons’? Steven Rose is frustrated by a poorly argued challenge to the materialist consensus in neuroscience By Steven Rose 21 September
Darwin’s Unfinished Symphony: How Culture Made the Human Mind, by Kevin N. Laland Steven Rose on an eloquent explanation of the rapid mechanisms of human cognitive evolution By Steven Rose 18 May
Other Minds: The Octopus and the Evolution of Intelligent Life, by Peter Godfrey-Smith Steven Rose enjoys a philosopher’s deep dive with some uniquely intelligent company By Steven Rose 23 March
Why Torture Doesn’t Work: The Neuroscience of Interrogation, by Shane O’Mara Book of the week: Ethics aside, no useful information is to be gained from ‘coercive questioning’, says Steven Rose By Steven Rose 26 November
